Amidst the havoc of Corona, lakhs of laborers are stuck from metros to state borders and villages to blocks and schools. These migrant laborers have traveled to their villages. Those who have not been able to get out, they are waiting for opportunities and resources. They are anxious to reach their country. Once you reach the village, maybe even after the havoc of Corona, do not return to the cities. More than 5 crore migrant laborers are returning to the village due to the Corona epidemic. The daunting challenge is that the agriculture which despite having contributed 16.5% to the economy of the country, having consumed about 45% of the labor force, will be able to soothe these workers who have returned from outside? Nevertheless, agriculture carrying the weight of 49.51 crore people of 10.07 crore families, will have to make at least 5 crore people worth sustaining. Otherwise the country can be a victim of severe social unrest.
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The problem is not yet whether to bring home the standing crop of wheat from the fields or the fruits and vegetables are going to waste and till two-three months ago, the milk sold for Rs 50 kg is now 20-25 rupees kg. Workers who had returned to the villages used to send cash from outside and used to arrange cash for farming. But now this snow has dried up.
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The burden of maintenance of these laborers has also come on agriculture. So a permanent solution is mandatory to the problem, not immediate. What could be the solution? The simple solution is to set up small agriculture-based industries in the rural areas, and make agriculture wider by removing it from the scope of traditional crops like wheat-paddy, gram-pea and sugarcane. Why can't a farmer resume cultivation of linseed or sawan-kodo, considered healthfood? For the overall solution, heavy investment will have to be made on the necessary infrastructure and marketing mechanisms in rural areas. The government will have to make this investment. It cannot be left to the private sector in the process of continuously increasing profits.
