National Agricultural Policy In India

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE POLICY

INTRODUCTION:

“Agriculture is expound as backbone of the Indian economy. Why because of agriculture

“sector is playing significant role in the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 1950s this share was more than 55% but now it’s declined till has 25 %. Second thing is more than 60% workforce dependent on agriculture. Third thing is agriculture sector provide the raw material for the industrial sector. Besides, agriculture is a source of livelihood and food security for large majority of vast population of India. Because of these reasons agriculture is at the core of socio economic development and progress of Indian society, and proper policy for agriculture sector is crucial to improve living standards and to improve

Some of the major evidence in the history of agricultural policy has in India during the period of British Raj include establishment of an Imperial Department of Agriculture in 1881, constitution of two Famine Commissions, one in 1880 and another in 1901, an Irrigation Commission in 1901, a Royal Commission on Agriculture in 1928, and launching of a Grow More Food Campaign (GMFC) in 1943. In January 1946, the government issued for the first time wadia Statement on Agricultural and Food Policy in India (Singh, 1992). The main objective of the agricultural policies in the colonial era was to facilitate production of food and raw materials for export to Great Britain and to provide relief to farmers during Periods of famines (GOI, 1976: 62). The first ever National Agriculture Policy was announced on 28th July, 2000.”

“The National Policy on Agriculture seeks to actualize the vast untapped growth potential of Indian agriculture, strengthen rural infrastructure to support faster agricultural development, promote value addition, accelerate the growth of agro business, create employment in rural areas, secure a fair standard of living for the farmers and agricultural workers and their families, discourage migration to urban areas and face the challenges arising out of economic liberalization and globlization.

But the context of India the population is growing more than food production that is one of major cause for making policy like green revolution it will helpful to lead the more yield in agriculture activities .For that reason the green revolution was a one experiment was applied on agriculture it was applied so many countries but in India it was more successful more than another countries

Three basic element of green revolution in India :

Counting expansion of framing areas : The cultivation of land was increased from 1947 itself .But this was not enough for rising demand,there should be other method were are required for the improvement of the land cultivation .The green revolution has very good experiment to expansion for farmland

Double coping in the farmland ;In the double cropping system emerge has come to the concept of green revolution .Mainly farmer who doing farming in a seasonal wise per in the rainy session farmer are cultivate their land and other session he depend on water .When the irrigation phase had come from huge irrigation project dams were built in farming