Small & Marginal Farmers , Who are They ?

It is very interesting to find out how the Government classifies small & marginal farmers.
You will find many a wealthy Landlord in these classified Lists to avail electricity bill waiverls and bank loan waierls.The corrupt Revenue Official in any Taluqa Office will give any certificate of Holding you require to get a bank loan after receiving his payment under the table.Banks will give loans after they receive their under the table payments.
When the Govt.orders waivers it is the wealthy farmers who scoop up the benefit and not the poor suicide prone real small time farmer.
If you want to weed out unsocial elements and cheaters from the genuine farmers list,you need an International Agency like the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the U N.
No Indian Agency can be trusted for the simple reason,that any Indian Agency,whether non-governmental or governmental is deeply entrenched in corruption and deceit.
A few years ago ,before the Banks liberalised vehicle loans,rural and urban citizens of this Mahan Country raised crop loans on false documents and bought two wheelers,like Bajaj Chetaks.
Just an example to illustrate my point on how honest or sincere an average Indian Citizen is.

chidambaram's election budget

Chidambaram.Harvard returned.Drawing room Economist.India's present Finance Minister.Presents his 5th and perhaps last budget full of Election Manifesto Promises and Doles for Aam Aadmi to woo him to vote for Congress in 2009.
Whose Grand Father's money is Chidambaram distributing,anyway ? Not his grand father's in any case. Its the honest tax payers hard earned money sincerely paid to the ITO hoping to see a better India.
The poor Indian Farmer has been fed on doles,subsidies and loan waivers for the past 60 years.To-day 60,000 crores are being spent on loan waivers for poor and marginal farmers hoping to win their vote bank.
The Indian Farmer wants a dignified self respecting income from his land,not mere doles and waivers. He needs minimum support prices for his staple crops.He wants needed fertilisers at reasonable prices at the needed hour. He needs protection from black marketing merchants of Fertilisers and pesticides. He needs good seeds at cost price which the government can and must supply. he needs good schools for his children.Schools where teachers are present the whole day and teach sincerely. He needs Primary Health Centres where the Staff work without asking for tips (bribes). He expects to be treated like a human being by the Government.
Then and only then we will have the satisfaction that we are a Sovereign Demovratic Republic.
To-day we are a money and muscle dominated Polity where might is right.No one ever knows what Democracy is and what is meant by Republic.We are still slaves under monied Politicians and local Gundas who are patronised by the nasty Politician.