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15 Dec

Posted at 06:42h in Miscellaneous
Rajendra Jangid 18 views

कृषि पर जीएसटी का प्रभाव The impact of GST on agricultural sector is foreseen to be positive. The agricultural sector is the largest contributing sector the overall Indian GDP. It covers around 16% of Indian GDP. The newly implemented indirect tax regime is influencing the agriculture industry and farmers due to the 5 percent GST rates on agricultural products. It is expected that in long-term the industry is foreseen to be positive. The implementation of GST would have an impact on many sections of the society. One of the major issues faced by the agricultural sector is the transportation of agriculture products across state lines all over India. It is highly probable that GST shall resolve the issue of transportation. GST may provide India with its first National Market for the agricultural goods. There are a lot of clarifications which need to be provided for rates for agricultural products. Special reduced rates should be declared for items like tea, coffee, and milk under the GST. Current Tax Laws There are certain food items like rice, sugar, salt, wheat, flour which are exempted from CENVAT. Under the state VAT, cereals and grains are taxed at the rate of 4%. Agricultural products go through a lot of licensing and a number of indirect taxes (VAT, excise duty, service tax) under the...

20 Jul

Posted at 08:48h in Miscellaneous
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Farmer - Impecunious or sustenance for the Nation. भारत एक कृषि प्रधान देश है, यहाँ विश्व के अन्य देशों की अपेक्षा सर्वाधिक भू-भाग पर खेती की जाती है I इस देश की कुल भूमि का ४७.४८ प्रतिशत भू-भाग कृषि कार्यो के अंतर्गत आता है I भारत की लगभग ६० प्रतिशत जनसँख्या कृषि कार्यो में सलंग्न है परन्तु उनका देश की सकल घरेलू उत्पादन में कृषि योगदान १३.५ प्रतिशत है I प्रस्तुत विषय का विवेचन निम्नलिखित बिंदुओं पर करेंगें I किसान की सामाजिक व आर्थिक स्थिति : वर्तमान परिपेक्ष्य किसान बेचारा: मुख्य समस्यायें किसान: देश का सहारा कृषक सशक्त्तिकरण के प्रभावशाली उपाय कैसे सुधरेगी किसानो और खेती की दशा ? किसान की सामाजिक व आर्थिक स्थिति : वर्तमान परिपेक्ष्य स्वतंत्र भारत से पूर्व और स्वतंत्र  भारत के पश्चात एक लम्बी अवधि व्यतीत होने के बाद भी भारतीय किसानों की दशा दयनीय है I राष्ट्रीय नमूना सर्वेक्षण कार्यालय (२०१४) के ताजा सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार किसानों की औसत आय ६४२६ रुपये प्रति माह मात्र है I इस आय में ३०७८ रुपये कृषि से, २०६९ रुपये मजदूरी/ पेंशन, ७६५ रुपये पशुधन  व ५१४ रुपये गैर-कृषि कार्यो से अर्जित करता है I समाज में भारतीय किसान की स्थिति अच्छी नहीं हैI उसे सामाजिक कार्यो जैसे विवाह, म्रत्युभोज इत्यादि कार्यो को संपन्न करने हेतु क़र्ज़ का भागीदार बनना पड़ता है I यह सच जानकर आपको हैरानी...

24 Mar

Posted at 04:33h in Miscellaneous
Chandan Kumar Das*, Shailesh Kumar**and M.L.Roy*** 13 views

किसान क्रेडिट कार्ड: एक किसान अनुकूल वित्तीय उपकरण Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Majority of farming communities earn their livelihood from agriculture and allied activities. They have small and marginal land holding resulting less saving and follow traditional practices. Generally, they used to invest money, borrowed from money lenders for meeting the cost of agricultural activities. The terms of lending by these money lenders were unfavourable and inimical to the interest of the farmers. Before independence, several steps were taken up in our country by the government agencies to help the farming communities. In independent India, major break through took place in 1969 after nationalisation of commercial banks  to make the benefits of institutional finance to reach a wider range of economic activities. The state Co-operative Land Development Banks were set up for refinancing of agricultural activities. In 1976, Regional Rural banks were set up to further strengthen it. Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in August 1998. Today KCC has emerged as an innovative credit delivery mechanism to meet the production credit requirements of the farmers. As per, Barik (2010) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)introduced KCC scheme to enhance flow of credit to the rural sector and reduce the dependence of farmers on non-institutional sources of credit. Uppal and...