Indian Agriculture Since Independence

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 fertilisers. 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 the context of the reform process. 13. Food security in India in the context of trade liberalisation.14. The condition of Indian farmer: the impact of globalisation and agricultural liberalisation. 15. Socio-economic condition of agricultural labourers. 16. New directions for agricultural regeneration.

"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."