Brothers and sisters, let us pause for a moment and reflect-who truly controls the destiny of our farmers? Who decides how we grow our food, manage our water, and secure our future? While our ancestors tilled this sacred land for generations, a quiet but sinister force is at work, attempting to hijack our agricultural policies, control our resources, and turn our farmers into mere pawns in a global game played by corporate giants and foreign think tanks.
Today, as we mark World Water Day 2025, we must recognise that the theme-”Glacier Melting and the Emerging Threats to the Global South”-is not just an environmental issue, but a political one.
It is yet another attempt to manipulate climate change narratives to push policies that weaken our sovereignty. Make no mistake-this is a direct assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Viksit Bharat@2047’.
And at the heart of this attack lies the shadowy influence of global entities like George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF), which, under the guise of research and philanthropy, are working to disrupt India’s cooperative model of agriculture and water management.
For years, Indian farmers have relied on the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for guidance, innovation, and indigenous solutions. But today, underhanded funding mechanisms and collaborations with international institutions like the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are being used to infiltrate our policies. OSF-backed research promotes genetically modified crops, patent-heavy seed regulations, and reliance on multinational agrochemical companies-effectively making our farmers dependent on foreign corporations. NGOs funded by Soros-backed networks are positioning themselves as “experts” on water scarcity and climate change-slowly shifting control of water policy from local farmers to international bodies.
By undermining age-old farming techniques and forcing farmers into contract-based, corporate-dominated models, they are ensuring that control over India’s food supply slips from our hands.
Our forefathers built civilisations on rivers like the Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, and Narmada. Today, our enemies are using fearmongering tactics around glacier melting and water scarcity to push policies that will privatise water management, take power away from local communities, and open the floodgates for Western corporations to take over our irrigation systems. This is a direct attack on Modi’s Jal Shakti Abhiyan, Atal Bhujal Yojana, and the larger vision of Viksit Bharat@2047. By controlling access to water, these organisations hope to dictate what Indian farmers grow, how they grow it, and who they sell it to.
We do not need foreign-backed policies to solve our problems. India already has the solution-Cooperative Economic Frameworks! Local farmer-led organisations must have the power to govern their own water resources without interference from foreign-funded NGOs. Our traditional rainwater harvesting, community irrigation models, and organic farming methods must be protected and promoted.
Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) must be empowered to control supply chains, dictate pricing, and ensure fair markets for Indian-grown produce. The government must legally restrict foreign influence in agricultural policymaking, ensuring that research remains independent and farmer-centric.
India’s fight for agricultural and water sovereignty is not just about food-it is about our freedom, our future, and the very soul of Bharat.
If we do not wake up now, tomorrow may be too late. We must reject the foreign-funded think tanks that claim to know what’s best for our farmers. We must embrace cooperative-led development, indigenous agricultural wisdom, and local governance over our water and land. Our ancestors fought for India’s independence from colonial rule. Today, the battle is different, but the stakes are just as high. Will we let foreign corporations dictate our future, or will we rise to defend Viksit Bharat @2047? The choice is ours.
Jai Kisan, Jai Bharat!
