A peasant (pinyin: nóngmín) refers to a person who has been engaged in agricultural production for a long time. The words of "The Biography of Gu Liang: The First Year of Chenggong": "The ancients had four people. There are scholars, peasants, workers, and merchants. That is, the four peoples of Shinong, industry and commerce".
"Implement a farmer retirement system, so that 65-year-old farmers can 'wash their feet and go to the field, and provide for their old age' and enjoy their old age in peace. This is a proposal put forward by CPPCC member Wang Xuekun at the national "two sessions." Speaking out again for the elderly population in rural areas is also an expectation for the achievements of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.
Yes, since 2009, our country has implemented a new type of rural old-age insurance, and farmers actively participate in the insurance every year without interruption, and they can receive a basic pension when they reach the age of 60. From the initial monthly 55 yuan, it has increased to 88 yuan now, together with the basic pension obtained by their own insurance contributions, taking Gansu as an example, now receiving 113 yuan per month "pension".
This 100 yuan is certainly far from enough for the old peasants, who basically have no other economic income, to ensure a month's living expenses, medical treatment, and other expenses. Many farmers in their 70s or even 80s still work in the fields as long as they are healthy. Grow vegetables and grains to supplement life. In the rural areas, as long as there is a certain ability to work, no one in the elderly peasants will be idle.
The peasants do not have a pension, only a small pension. Those who have the ability to work can still be "self-reliant", so what about farmers who do not have a certain ability to work?
In addition to the 100 yuan pension given by the state, the old peasants really had no strength to grow crops and produce grain due to their own physical reasons, so they had to rent out their land. It's not so much about renting out the land as it is about "giving it away" to someone else to plant. Everyone does not have much land, and it is also a fact that farming does not make money, and the rent given by the person who rents the land is capped at 100 yuan per mu of land, and it is common to have dozens of yuan. It doesn't matter how much, as long as you have a little income, you can also subsidize the family. Some old farmers take some vegetables, melons and fruits planted in the fields, or some agricultural products, or a few chickens and ducks raised by themselves, to the market for some money as their own living expenses.
The old peasants were unable to work, and some relied on their children for support. As old farmers, their generation has many children, and some families designate one of them to take care of them, and the other children share a certain amount of living expenses. Although it is said that "rotational pension" is not welcomed, it is also a "stopgap measure" when "all kinds of helplessness" is also a common way for the elderly in rural areas to provide for the elderly.
There are also elderly people in rural areas who have been abandoned by their children, that is, "raising children to prevent old age" has failed. The old man has no choice but to go hungry. In order to have something to eat, only to pick up waste products, pick up and sell them for some pocket money, so that you can "live" in the world. One might say again that this situation should be taken care of by the Government. You must know that the elderly with children and daughters have no one to provide for them, which is a moral issue and does not belong to the scope of government assistance.
Of course, there is such a situation. The elderly in rural areas are industrious, thrifty, and usually save money. A very small number of elderly people take precautions, usually save their meager savings, and when they are old and can't do it, they take it out to live frugally.
The peasants are really miserable, the peasants are really poor, there is no pension, and the old peasants who have lost their ability to work are even more difficult. At present, many places have implemented integrated social security management in urban and rural areas, and it is hoped that more young and middle-aged farmers will participate in the insurance in a timely manner. At the same time, more rural children should be encouraged to pay medical insurance premiums for their parents, so that the elderly can have some protection when they are sick.
It is difficult to grow old, and it is even more difficult for the elderly in rural areas to grow old. Caring for the elderly in rural areas is the responsibility of our society, and it is also the embodiment of children's filial piety to their parents. Work together to make the elderly in rural areas live a happy and prosperous life in their later years. For those who make a living from farming, "washing their faces and going to the field, and providing for the elderly" is what the countryside dreams of, and they are always on the road.