When the farmers shout for their rights, you do not give it to them. They say we want agricultural loan from the banks at the rate of 3-4 per cent interest rate. The Farmers Federation of India has put this issue in front of the UPA Government but they gave no effect to that. Then, regarding fertilizer subsidy, it is seen that you give the fertiliser subsidy to the manufacturing units. But if that subsidy could be channellised to the farmers in some form or the other, then the farmers would benefit and he could get a remunerative price. We are demanding a Minimum Support Price of Rs. 1000 per quintal for rice. But we got Rs. 900. Why? Why is this step-motherly treatment to the paddy growing farmers, who comprise most of the States of South-Eastern India? Why is this step-motherly treatment to the paddy growers? Why more to the wheat growers only? I had always spoken that agriculture credit should be reduced to four per cent or three per cent. Then, the farmer will have something to fall back upon. Today, the farmer does not have a father or a mother. He only has the Government at his disposal to bail him out during the problem. Regarding energy security, it is good that you have signed the Nuclear Deal. We hope that after a couple of years, there will be energy security but by the time the demand for electricity increases, the demand for energy would have doubled. It would have doubled. So, what do you do there? How much money have you given for extracting methane gas from coal? How much hydro electricity projects have you identified to generate power? You have been able to generate only 7,000 MW in these four years. It is only 7,000 MW. Is it sufficient for the country? You require minimum a lakh of megawatts by 2020-2021.
