India, Sept. 21 -- We all are familiar with the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan' but let us analyze how much we care about our farmers or the so called 'Kisaan'. A wide variety of taxes used to be imposed on farmers, if they sell their crops and vegetables in Mandis. The most common example is Arthiyas (middleman). They used to help farmers in loading, unloading, cleaning and setting up the Mandi, in return they used to take 2.5% commission. An estimate says more than 2,000 crore rupees were given to such middlemen out of farmers' pockets. The State Government also imposes tax on such farmers. Punjab government earns more than 3,500 crore rupees from such taxes. Unions also have a stronghold on such a Mandi system and earn a good amount of ...