agricultural policy and development in india

8/7/2019 Agricultural Policy and Development in India

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LOGO

Digesh Shah

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

AND DEVELOPMENT ININDIA

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

AND DEVELOPMENT ININDIA


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OBJECTIVES

Economic Upliftment

Export Promotion

Land Reforms

Input Supply

Water Management

Credit Support


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TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES


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PRICE POLICY

Aim Needs of economy

Elements of Present Agricultural Price Policy

Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)


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ELEMENTS OF PRESENT

AGRICULTURAL PRICE POLICY Fixation of support prices for importantagricultural commodities before sowing.

Periodic directions from Government of India.

Provision of levy on rice millers and sugarfactories.

Use of input subsidies and product price

support. Distribution of food grains at subsidized rates.


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STRUCTURAL POLICY Irrigation Fertilizers

High Yielding Varieties of Seeds

Pesticides

Land Reforms

Credit Plan Schemes


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IRRIGATION Major Scheme: Cultivable Command Area (CCA)>10,000 hectares

Bhakra Nangal Project (Punjab),

Beas Project (Punjab, Haryana),

Hirakund Dam Project (Orissa),

Damodar Valley Corporation (Bihar and West Bengal),

Nagarjun Sagar Project (Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka),

Medium Scheme: 4,000 hectares< CCA < 10,000 hectares

Minor Scheme: CCA < 4,000 hectares


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FERTILIZERS

Indian farmers use only one-tenth of the amount of manurethat is necessary to maintain the productivity of soil.

Accordingly, proper use of manure and fertilizers alone can

considerable enhance the productivity of soil.

Indias soil is deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus and thisdeficiency can be made good by an increased use of fertilizers.

The use of fertilizers in Indian agriculture has received a boost

at the initiation of the High Yielding Varieties Programme

(HYVP) in 1966. This was a package programme wherein

due emphasis had been given to the use of chemicalfertilizers.


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HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES

OF SEEDS Under the new agricultural strategy, special emphasis has

been placed on the development of high yielding varieties of

seeds.

Also the Government has been paying attention to induce

qualitative improvement in seeds ever since the initiation of

planning process in the country, the real impetus to this effort

was given by the adoption of the new agricultural strategy in

the Kharif season of 1966.


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PESTICIDES It has been estimated that in India, monetary loss in

agriculture due to weeds, diseased, insects, pests,rodents and birds runs into about Rs 6,000 crores prannum.

The major thrust of the government policy on plant

protection in the coming years is proposed to be onIntegrated Pest Management (IPM). The IPM approachimplies the adoption of cultural, mechanical, biologicaland chemical methods of control.

Training to the farmers should be provided through thecommunication media like radio and televisionregarding the correct use of pesticides so that theirindiscriminate application is avoided.


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LAND REFORMS

Policies and Measures regarding Abolition ofIntermediaries

Measures of Tenancy Reforms

Ceiling on Land Holdings

Reasons for Poor Performance of thisProgramme


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CREDIT PLAN SCHEMES Investment in debentures of State Land

Development Banks (SLDBs)

Credit Planning and Monitoring

Centre for International Cooperation and Training

in Agricultural Banking (CICTAB) Assistance to Cooperative Credit Institutions

Agricultural Credit Stabilization Fund

Special Scheme for SCs/STs

Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme (CCIS)

Experimental Crop Insurance Scheme (ECIS)


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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ANDWAREHOUSING

The Present State ofAgricultural Marketing inIndia: The first and the most common method is to sell away

ones surplus produce to the trader. It is estimated that inPunjab, 60 percent of wheat, 70 percent of oils and 35percent of cotton is sold in the village itself.

The second method adopted by the Indian farmer is todispose off his produce in the weekly village markets,

known as HAA

THs. The third method of agricultural marketing is through the

mandis in small and large towns.


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(CONTuD)

Steps taken to Improve Agricultural Marketing The government has taken various steps to improve the

conditions of agricultural marketing.

It has set up the All-India Warehousing Corporation to

construct and manage a whole network of warehouses in alltowns and mandis.

To promote warehousing in villages the cooperative societies

are given necessary financial and technical facilities.

Foodgrain prices are being stabilized by the governmentthrough the recommendations of the Agricultural Prices

Commission.


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(CONTuD)

Regulated Markets The purpose of regulated market is to eliminate unhealthy

market practices, to reduce marketing charges and to ensure

fair prices. All the states have now passed legislation for the

establishment of regulated markets.


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(CONTuD)

Cooperative Marketing The marketing of agricultural products through cooperatives,

has registered a remarkable growth. Agricultural cooperatives

require godowns for undertaking various functions like

marketing of agricultural produce, supply of agricultural

inputs and distribution of consumer goods.


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(CONTuD)

Warehousing in India Warehousing facilities are necessary to prevent the loss

arising out of defective storage and also to equip the farmers

with a convenient instrument of credit.


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CONCLUSION


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