Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
is protected in the first three years before returns start flowing from the fruit
crop. As has been covered earlier, the compensation of nominal loss of farmer’s
income is justified on account of the eco-system services that rivers and the trees
on the floodplains provide. It is also a very effective way of redistributing wealth
in society in favor of the farmer.
TABLE 9: INORGANIC MULTI-FRUIT CROP MODEL WITH LIVELIHOOD SUBSIDY
Mango + Guava + Pomegranate:
Inorganic farming, without establishment costs, with livelihood subsidy
Variety Mango Guava Pomegranate
Trees per
Acre
65 150 88
Net
Years Return per Crop per Year Total (Rs)
Expenses
per Annum
(Rs)
Income
without
Livelihood
Subsidy
Livelihood
Subsidy
(Rs)
Income
with
Livelihood
Subsidy
(Rs)
1 0 0 0 0 0 74988 74988
2 0 6000 12540 18540 17901 639 74349 74988
3 0 27000 51300 78300 17901 60399 14589 74988
4 9600 45000 107160 161760 35929 125831 125831
5 21120 57750 142500 221370 37725 183645 183645
6 34560 72000 188100 294660 39611 255049 255049
7 64000 72000 188100 324100 41592 282508 282508
8 84600 64800 169290 318690 43672 275018 275018
9 128000 58320 152361 338681 45856 292825 292825
10 176000 52488 137125 365613 48149 317464 317464
Total 517880 455358 1148476 2121714 328336 1793378
Note 1. Expenses per acre with drip will go up by 5% each year starting from Year 5
2. Internal rate of return (%): Not applicable
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