Budget 2024: Rakesh Tikait Slams the Budget, says 'Farmers Left in the Lurch, Big Companies Benefit!

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Following the presentation of Budget 2024, prominent farmer leader Rakesh Tikait criticised the government's proposals, stating that while the budget might appear favourable on paper, it fails to address the real needs of farmers. Tikait argued that the primary beneficiaries would be companies involved in teaching organic farming, rather than the farmers themselves. He emphasised that the government should focus on paying fair crop prices, providing free electricity, offering affordable fertilisers, and reducing GST on farming equipment to genuinely support the agricultural community.

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00:00Look, the budget in Delhi's papers may seem right, but it is not right in rural West Bengal.

00:08The farmers will not benefit much from this.

00:12The companies will definitely benefit.

00:14If we talk about organic and natural farming,

00:19some NGO or company will take it up and say

00:27we will teach these farmers how to do organic farming.

00:31They will get money for it.

00:33We have to see where the money will go.

00:37If we want to benefit the farmers directly,

00:40we will have to pay for their crops.

00:43We will have to provide for them.

00:46If you give them water for free, the farmers will benefit.

00:51If you give them cheap fertilizers and medicines,

00:55the farmers will benefit.

00:57If you give them equipment for agriculture,

01:00the farmers will benefit.

01:03If you give them electricity and solar,

01:10the farmers will benefit.

01:18What have you done for them?

01:20The farmers who produce milk, our mothers,

01:26they have no land, but they produce milk.

01:31What have you done for them?

01:33The price of milk has gone down by Rs. 20 per kg in a year.

01:37They are in the worst condition.

01:40What have you done for the farmers who work in factories?

01:45What have you done for their health?

01:48Do you have any plans for rural health?

01:51Give them free education.

01:54We should work for them.

01:57The education in Delhi, you should do the same in the villages.

02:08I will tell you, an NGO company will come.

02:12They will take money and say that they will teach farmers natural farming.

02:18They will call 100 farmers and ask them to take a budget.

02:22They will tell them to sow cow dung.

02:25This is what the farmers are doing.

02:27If you give them a separate marketing,

02:32then the farmers are doing some natural farming.

02:35Rajiv sir, why are you trying to increase the digital infrastructure?

02:40I told them to increase the digital infrastructure.

02:43You should connect the farmers with digital companies.

02:46You should also connect our sugarcane with digital technology.

02:50What technology will you give to the farmers?

02:55You should also connect our sugarcane with digital technology.

03:00You should increase the digital platform.

03:02The Prime Minister's pilot project is a digital campaign.

03:05You should increase it.

03:07Our sugarcane crops are growing in a year.

03:11We will pay for it in 12 months or 8 months.

03:15We will pay for some factories in November and December.

03:27Many sectors will come to Kirsi.

03:30How much fund will you give in which sector?

03:33You will say that you have given so much fund to the police,

03:36and you are paying for it.

03:39We will have to define how much money will be given in which sector.

03:48You don't talk about giving money.

03:50You talk about MSP guarantee law.

03:54You say that you will buy all the crops.

03:57If there is a loss, then the government will compensate us.

04:00You are not doing anything about that.

04:02Now there is a flood in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

04:07Many sectors were affected by the flood.

04:10Are those farmers getting benefits?

04:13Is there any compensation for the loss?

04:15That is not happening.

04:21The way the climate is changing,

04:25the government is bringing in new crops.

04:30But there should not be a genetically modified seed.

04:34There should not be GM seeds.

04:36We have a research centre.

04:39Have you allocated funds for it?

04:42How much fund will you give for it?

04:44Funds are being allocated for it.

04:46What will you get from outside?

04:49Are they harmful?

04:53Are they harmful for the human body?

04:59We have to pay attention to all these things.

Budget 2024: Rakesh Tikait Slams the Budget, says 'Farmers Left in the Lurch, Big Companies Benefit!

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