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India is an agricultural country. Seventy percent of the Indian people are farmers.

They are the backbone


of the nation.They produce the food-crops and the oil-seeds. They produce the commercial crops. They
produce some raw materials for our industries. Hence, they are the life-blood of our nation.

His daily life:

The Indian farmer is busy day and night. He works in sun and shower. He ploughs the land. He sows the
seeds. He keeps watch over the crops at night. he guards the crops against the stray cattle. He guards
the harvest against the thieves. He reaps the crops and carries them home. Bullocks are the precious
possession of the Indian farmer. He takes care of his bullocks. His wife and children help him in his work.

His financial condition:

The Indian farmer is poor. His poverty is well-known to all the world. He cannot get two full meals a day.
He wears a piece of coarse cloth. He cannot give education to his children. He cannot give fine dress to
his sons and daughters. He cannot give ornaments to his wife. The farmer's wife has to manage with a
few pieces of cloth. She also works at home and in the field. She cleans the cowshed. She gathers cow-
dung and pats it into pancakes. She dries them in sun and piles them up; because she will use them as
fuel during the wet monsoon months. The Indian farmer is harassed by the village touts. He is harassed
by the money-lenders and the tax collectors. Hence, he cannot enjoy his own yield.

The Indian farmer does not posses a suitable residence. He has no good house to live in. He lives i a
straw-thatched cottage. His room is very small and dark.

His social life:

The Indian farmer celebrates the social function in the simplest manner possible. He celebrates a lot of
festivals round the year. He celebrates the wedding of his sons and daughters. He entertains his kith and
kin and friends and neighbours. He goes to visit his relations. he attends the open-air dramas and the
folk-dances in his locality.

Conclusion:

The condition of the Indian farmers should be improved. He should be taught the modern method of
farming. He should be made literate. So, night-schools should be opened for him. He should be assisted
by the Government in all possible ways. Because upon his well-being depends the welfare of Indian.
I don't know how many times each day when I'm at the market, people
come by and ask me something like, "How do you get your tomatoes to
grow like that? Mine don't look that good." Surely, they don't understand
that this is my job, not just something I do in my spare time. I work, and
work hard. At the end of the season they often ask me what I will do all
winter now that I have nothing to do. There is rarely a day goes by in the
winter when we don't work outside. The only time we don't work outside
is when the weather is just too bad. We clean up the growing area, prune
trees and vines, plant more trees and bushes, put the potted plants "to
bed," chip up leaves and branches for mulch, clear more area and the
list goes on and on. When it is too bad to work outside, we work inside
doing the website,
paperwork etc.

I don't think a lot of


people realize exactly
how important farmers
are or how hard they
work. Where would they
get most of what they eat
if there weren't any
farmers? Very few people
in the world grow
everything they need
themselves.

Farmers have to know


what they are doing. They
don't farm as a hobby.
Sure, they love what they
do but to make money at it, and that is the point, they have to learn how
to grow the right things for their location, know what the public
demands, know how to market it well, and keep up with new ideas and
procedures. Farming is an ongoing process.

People who put out 6 tomato plants and a couple of peppers aren't
usually trying to make a living of it. Many people don't have a clue how
to learn about new varieties or where to find a source for them. Farming
is like every other occupation. Photography, for instance, can be a
hobby where you keep a record of family events - or you can learn how
to become a serious photographer who makes real money at it. It is
beyond my understanding why it is so hard for people to understand
that farming is a way to make a living. Everyone seems to take their food
for granted and think that farmers grow things just to give them away.
I consider myself a professional gardener more than a farmer since I
don't have a lot of acreage tilled and growing. But I feel that what I do is
important and that the people I grow and work with are important people
as well. When I die I would like to be remembered for helping feed the
world. People who do things like getting into the Guiness book of world
records for sitting on a pole longer than anyone or eating 149 donuts
etc. do nothing to help make the world a better place. Farmers do.

And while I am at it, I have a lot of people come through bragging about
the Amish and how hard they work. And I am sure many of them do but
they don't work any harder than the people I work and grow with. I work
16 hour days many times. And what makes me a little angry when people
bring this up is that they don't have to abide by the child labor laws like
we choose to do. Some of them work their children long and hard, taking
them out of school to do so. I don't agree with that practice.

And another thing I have found to be true about the Amish is that not
any of the ones I know grow the fruit they use in their jams and jellies.
One of the ladies told me once that she was a little angry at a man who
didn't want to pay her price for her jam and she stated to me, "And you
know those canned peaches are expensive." I have bought cases of
their jellies and jams and at the warehouse where you pick them up
there are also cases stacked on cases of canned fruits that they were
using while I was there to make their product. I use fresh fruits that I
often pick myself or buy from someone else at the market.

The next time you run into a farmer, please look at them with respect
and gratitude. And with the realization that they hold an important and
necessary place in the world. We deserve and earn that respect.
Hyderabad: The number of vehicles in the city is every year but the road space has not been
increased, adding to traffic congestion. Nearly six lakh vehicles of all categories were registered
in Hyderabad in 2015 and up to October 31 this year.

As on date, the vehicle population in the state capital is over 45 lakh but road space is less than
12 per cent of the total geographical area of the city. About 800 vehicles are being added every
day, increasing load on already congested roads.

Retired scientist from the Central Road Research Institute, Mr T S Reddy said that for a city with
a vehicle population of over 40 lakh,road space should be at least 20 per cent of its total
geographical spread. Greater Hyderabad has less than 12 per cent road space.

Measures like increasing the taxation for owning a second vehicle has not worked as multiple
vehicles are being registered in the name of various members of the same family.

Stating that the government should promote and strengthen the public transport system, he said
the government should either increase the road space for vehicles or regulate private vehicles on
busy roads. Even the system of giving permission for new vehicle registration should change.
New vehicles should be allowed to be registered only if the owner shows parking space at his
residence for that vehicle, T S Reddy added. Hyderabad: Stemming the unabated increase of
vehicles in Hyderabad could vastly downsize its carbon footprint as new research estimates that
nearly 57 per cent of Hyderabads carbon footprint is contributed by vehicular emissions.

Though Hyderabad doesnt rank very high in the list of Indian metropolises with large carbon
footprints, the proportion contributed by vehicles in the city is the highest in the country.

The study on carbon footprints of individual metros in the country was carried out by Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. The carbon footprint of a city is the total amount of
greenhouse gas emissions, methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, caused by all greenhouse
gas emitting bodies in the city.

According to the study by scientists led by Dr T.V. Ramachandra from the Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), Delhi had the highest carbon footprint followed by Mumbai while Hyderabad had
the sixth largest carbon footprint, only ahead of Ahmedabad.

Researchers estimated that the transport sector in Hyderabad contributes a whopping 57 per cent
to its entire carbon footprint. In Delhi, vehicular emissions only contribute 32 per cent of the
citys total emissions while in Mumbai, vehicles contribute about 17 per cent of the greenhouse
gas emissions.

The proportion in Bengaluru is 43.5 per cent. Researchers said that vehicles are adding a huge
burden of air pollution to cities and that the quantum of emissions due to vehicles in Hyderabad
is only behind New Delhi and Bengaluru. Researchers say that the use of public transport is
markedly higher in cities like Chennai and Mumbai where non-polluting local trains is a major
mode of city public transport. But in almost every city, vehicular emissions far exceeded
industrial emissions.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Mr L S Chowhan said public transport network like
metro rail, bus rapid transit system, multi-modal transport system, RTC bus services should be
extended and improved. Restriction of private vehicles during busy hours, as done for trucks, is
also a good suggestion, he said.

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