Give me a break! People or the 'mango people' don't even know what FDI actually mean, its you who is assuming their opposition on this issue. Tell them they'll get cheap products and will save almost 15% on their monthly ration and they'll lobby hard to get you exiled from India for the crime of fooling them.
Secondly Who said that FDI will solve all problems of farmers? Agriculture shares 13.9% of our GDP that's a part cannot be overlooked but shall we not look at the 86.1% of our GDP's need? Anna is considering us as a Agriculture state which is going to be in good history books soon enough. He sighted examples how they produced jobs in their village ralegaonsiddhi and how Indian govt shall do the same and should not invite foreign investors. Does anyone find this compelling? I do not. we are talking about strong young and educated unemployed manpower.
Indian govt doesn't have enough money to provide them Employment. How do i know? well fiscal deficit is 5.6%and rising, debts pounding pressure on rupee which is on loosing spree last 3 months, foreign reserves are on 10 year low! these markers are enough to indicate Govt. don't have enough dough for everyone of us. What now? call upon them investors who have money! a lot of it. what would it do? It will --
- Improve The supply chains . more than 40% of our agriculture prodyct goes to waste due to lack of proper infrastructure
- Bring down prices at retail level, calm down inflation
- Actually create employment instead of displacing them from small stores
- It will cut intermediaries between farmers and the retailers, thereby helping them get more money for their produce
- Induce competition profiting us the consumers
We should look forward to FDI. its not about Congress-BJP fistfight, This is what we really need. Sadly opposition is ugly they oppose everything no matter what.