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Suppose you are an important leader of the Farmers? agitation. The government authorities ask you to present any three demands on behalf of the farmers. On priority basis, which three demands will you make? Support your demands with appropriate arguments.

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In 2014 elections, people have voted for stable government at the Centre. Do you think that the era of coalition has eneded? Support your answer with suitable arguments.

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Farmland, clean water and a way of life. All three are dependent on thriving agricultural community that is threatened by rising land prices and development. Safeguard these irreplaceable resources-our rural landscape and its family farms by protecting regional farmlands and ?working landscape through this Fund. Besides this, I will put the various suggestion and demands against the government to improve the situations of the Indian farmers and their productivity as well as safeguard for them.

Minimum support price: Wheat and rice come with a government minimum support price, and fruits and vegetables don?t. Farmers find it reassuring to know that MSP exists and may influence open market prices and/or demand for their produce.

(i) Risk of crop failure: Pulses, fruits and vegetables are more vulnerable to adverse weather, leading to higher risk of failure. Rather than pay for crop insurance (where it is available), farmers prefer to simply avert these crops.

(ii) Care and effort required in cultivation: Wheat and rice require less care and effort to grow than vegetables. Higher care for crops means reduced availability of farmers for alternate income-generating activities, where crafts or wage labour.

(iii) Need to sell quickly due to lack of storage facilities: India has about 5400 cold storage units, the majority of which are appropriate for potato. So farmers don?t really have much of an option to store fruit and vegetables for later. The need to sell immediately means that they are at the mercy of current-market prices unlike grain that can be held on to for a longer time.

(iv) Price volatility: Fruits and vegetables experience a much higher degree of price volatility than grains. Part of the reason for, this is the high level of mismatch between demand and supply of fruits and vegetables. Another reason is the inefficiency of markets in matching supply and demand in different parts of the country. And of course, their inherent perishability and lack of cold-chain is an additional worry.

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Candidates are free to express their view point, it may be either yes or no but the answer should be supported with appropriate arguments. Weightage should be given for originality and logic. If a candidate writes "yes? then the answer may include the following points or any other relevant point:

(i) People have given absolute majority to one party i.e. BJ.P.

(ii) People were fed up with the previous experience of coalition governments.

(iii) Regional parties like S.P, B.S.P, DMK etc. have been wiped out.

(iv) Many important decision could not be taken due to varying interests of coalition parties?