The fact that we have controlled it enables the ryot to get the same amount of water as the rich man.
But what the ryot has to say about it will very much affect whether we have depreciation or not.
In all these aspects and in everything that makes life worth living the position of the zemindar and the ryot living up-country has improved.
The purchasing power of the ryot is such that it does not enable him to purchase our goods.
The ryot—the producer—ought to have the benefit of the increased productivity of the soil due to the use of these materials.
It will be a great comfort to the ryot in time of famine when he realises that at long last he has organic unity.
He can, let us say, squeeze a little more out of the ryot.
One thing that is always before us is the fact that the ryot is born, lives and dies in debt.
