Indian Agriculture Since Independence

Author: G.S. Bhalla
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 348
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123749433

Description

Critically reviewing the performance of Indian agriculture since independence, the book examines the relative performance of Indian agriculture both during the plan period and post-reform period as well as the role of agriculture in the development of Indian economy. The book also underlines the main cause of deceleration of agriculture in the post-reform period and makes policy suggestions for regeneration of Indian agriculture.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Introduction
2. Natural Resource Base of Indian Agriculture
3. Changes in Agrarian structure in India
4. Planning for Agricultural Growth
5. Agricultural Growth in India Since 1950-51
6. Agricultural Inputs-Seeds and Fertiliser
7. Agricultural Inputs-Irrigation
8. Agricultural Credit
9. Agricultural Marketing and Warehousing
10. Price Interventions in Agricultural Markets:
Agricultural Price Policy in India
11. WTO and Indian Agriculture
12. Trends in Agricultural Trade in context of
The Reform Process
13. Food security in India in the Context of
Trade Liberalization
14. The Condition of Indian Farmer: The
Impact of Globalization and Agricultural
Liberalization
15. Socio-Economic Condition of Agricultural
Labourers
16. New Direction for Agricultural Regeneration