Present ag of india

ADVERTISEMENTS: It employees nearly 62% of total population and 42% of total geographical area. It is therefore considered to be the most important sector of India Economy. A Saga of Success: From a nation dependent on food imports to feed its population. India today is not only self- sufficient in grain production but also has a substantial reserve. The progress made by agriculture in the last four decades has been one of the biggest success stories of free India. Agriculture and allied activities constitute the single largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product, almost 33 percent of it. Agriculture is the means of livelihood of about two-third so the workforce in the country. This increase in agricultural production has been brought about by bringing additional area under cultivation, extension of irrigation facilities, the use of improved high-yielding variety of seeds, better techniques evolved through agricultural research, water management, and plant protection through judicious use of fertilizers, pesticides and cropping practices. Crops: ADVERTISEMENTS: The 1970s saw a multi-fold increase in wheat production that heralded the Green Revolution. In the next decade rice production rose significantly; in 1995-96, rice production was 79.6 million tones. The total grain production crossed 211 million tones in 2001-02, a big leap from 51 million tonnes in 1905-51. To carry improved technologies to farmers, a National Pulse Development Programme, covering 13 states, ...