Write a letter to the Finance Minister.

Question

There have been continuous attempts by the government to reduce fertiliser subsidy. This means that the government would no longer control the price of fertiliser. Farmers would have to buy fertilisers at higher market prices. At present, the government has to pay (compensate) the fertiliser producing companies for the losses that they make. Once fertiliser subsidy is removed, it is said this would make space for other important expenditures in the government budget. Some also argue that subsidised fertiliser does not benefit the small farmer but only encourages the large farmers to overuse it. Imagine you are a farmer using fertilisers in farming, and you genuinely believe that the farmers need subsidized fertiliser. How would you argue your case? 

Write a letter to the Finance Minister.

Answer 1

Kankipadu

08-04-2020.

To

The Honourable Finance Minister,

Government of India,

New Delhi.

Sir,

My name is Parandhamaiah. I hail from a small village, near Vijayawada. I learnt from the newspaper that the government would no longer control the price of fertiliser. This news upset the small farmers like me. We, small farmers cannot afford the price of fertiliser without subsidy. Agriculture without fertiliser will not give a good yield. Fertiliser subsidies can be an instrument to increase productivity and thus help solve the food availability dimension of food security. Government has to give a helping hand to the small farmers like me.

Awaiting an early positive response,

Yours sincerely,

Parandhamaiah,

Kankipadu,

Krishna District