Agriculture Reform Policy: A Review

Agriculture Reform Policy: A Review

Author Name : Dr Minakshi Padhi, Dr Aruna Kumar Panigrahy

ABSTRACT

India is a land of villages. Agriculture sector is the backbone of the Indian economy, contributing about 17 per cent of national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and more than 60 per cent of India’s population is dependent on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood.

Development of agriculture will help in upliftment of the farmers but also benefit the larger section of the rural poor who are directly engaged in agriculture or indirectly linked with agriculture as consumers. Efficient way of production, stabilized prices, higher income from agriculture would create a more conjugative environment in the country for the development of the economy as a whole and of rural population in particular.

Empowerment of the small and marginal farmers through education, reforms and development will ensure a better, efficient and strengthened Indian agriculture. Motivation new models in production and marketing along with creating awareness and imparting education to small farmers will help in development of the sector and more importantly improving the economic status of poor farmers. The action plan to strengthen agriculture in India needs to be on domestic reforms through reduction of government intervention in the market economy but playing major role as evaluator and implementation of the policies, increased investment and prioritising the area to invest, parallel action plans in this direction are needed in research to increase productivity and irrigation and water management. MSP is key role to uplift the Indian farmers. Government should try its better for winning the trust of farmers and demonstrate a clear path by which the loopholes can be eradicated and it looks like their development.

Keyword: agriculture reform, new agriculture policy, MSP, GDP, uplifting the farmer