At least 6 sugar mills of Maharashtra have ordered for machines to harvest sugar cane. This news was both surprising and amusing for me. It is because of two reasons:
1) Expected cane production for 2010-2011 is 18% higher than previous financial year
2) Number of skilled laborers are 5.5 million against the requirement of 7 million
One thing is very clear: Local education or HRD minister should provide resources or develop capability to train laborers as skilled laborers to harvest sugarcane. The mechanical harvesting technology will bring more efficiency, will be more economical and will reduce the time required for processing. This all will lead to reduction in cost and hence increase in profits.
This change must be researched into and social activists should declare the trend. Maharashtra is second fastest growing Indian state. So, have enough jobs being created where next generation of cane harvesters are finding alternate employment? If this is the reason, Prime minister and Finance Minister will be very happy otherwise it is a worrying trend. Or is it extra 18% cane production which is responsible to deploy machines to complete processing on time?
Whatever be it, more and more people find alternate ways of employment and reduce dependence on agriculture, better we are.
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