Even though no one enjoys hearing bleak stories, the troublesome phase (extended phase, actually) that the Indian farmer goes through is one we ought to take heed of, not least because it affects the food security of all of us in the country. If importing food is the way out, we can be sure that it will come at a higher cost-making what’s ‘enough money’ a sort of joke in the near future. With expenditure insanely high as it is, that’s not something which is bound to improve the quality of any of our lives, as it is for the farmer.

Here are 9 reasons why the crisis is about to hit a higher note in India.

1. Scissors Crisis

2. Falling oil prices not helping the farmers

3. Bringing down fertiliser subsidies

4. Reduced public spending on agriculture

5. Irrigation in crisis

6. Reduced government spending on health

7. The Employment Guarantee Scheme running dry

8. The shifting of responsibility to the State governments

9. A bleak budget in 2015 for agriculture

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