Provides a comprehensive information on the Indian Agricultural scenario in India, specifically after the Economic Liberalization in 1991.

2. OVERALL GDP & AGRICULTURAL GDP

4. • The Long Term Growth trend is positive with the Growth
rate increasing from 2.0% to 3.6% now.
• There were consistent dips in growth rates between 62
to 67 and 98 to 04.

5. GROSS CAPITAL FORMATION IN AGRICULTURE

7.  During the period 00 – 04, Fertilizer Subsidy was kept very
low.
 In subsequent years, there is steady increase.

9.  During the period 01 – 06, Minimum Support Price (MSP) of
Wheat and Rice were not increased much.
 The Food Grain Issue Prices for APL & BPL were kept constant
from 2001 onwards. It is an indirect drain of Capital from
Agriculture to other sectors.
 Fertilizer Subsidy reduction and MSP stagnation could
have resulted in Agricultural Debt accumulation.
 Rs. 80,000 Crores Agricultural debt was written off during 2008.

13.  Before Green Revolution (1965), the Food Grain Production
growth rate was achieved by Sown Area increase, not by Yield
increase.
 After Green Revolution, the Yield and Food Grain Production
have increased by about 2.5 times. There was no increase in
Sown Area.
 This was achieved by a combination of Hybrid Seeds,
increased irrigation, increased Fertilizer usage and effective
pest control.

14. • The Growth Rate in Yield (please note, not in Yield) has
reached a plateau due to continued decline in Soil Organic
Carbon (SOC) and depletion of Potassium, Phosphorous and
Micro Nutrients.
• Sufficient replenishment of SOC and Nutrients was not done.

15. If the Yield has to be increased further the following need to be done:
a) Soil Organic Carbon content has to be increased by Source
segregation of Municipal Solid Waste and recycling all the Organic
matter back to the fields.
b) All Biomass based power plants like Agri waste (Rice husk, Coconut
Shell, Rice Straw, etc), Municipal Solid Waste, etc shall be completely
stopped.
c) All the Biomass shall be recycled back to the soil. The incentives
provided for Biomass power plants shall be redirected for recycling
back to the soil.
d) Further installation of Biogas plants shall be discouraged.

16. e) Complex Fertilizers and Micro Nutrients additions shall be
encouraged with proper soil tests along with Urea addition.
f) The myth about Chemical Fertilizer addition spoiling the soil shall be
exploded and it shall be ensured that Biomass recycling and Fertilizer
addition go hand in hand.
g) New hybrid seeds to be introduced since the maximum yield possible
for the currently used seeds for the given agro-climatic conditions
has been reached.
It is shear ignorance to call this as failure of Green Revolution, since
there is no decline in the Yield achieved by Green Revolution.

18. FERTILER CONSUMPTION
 There is steady increase in Fertilizer consumption.
 Potassium consumption was lagging behind leading to
imbalance in Fertilizer addition.
 Now it is improving.

23. Trend in Agricultural Import /
Export

24. AGRICULTURE IMPORTS / EXPORTS
 There is steady increase in Agricultural Imports
 There is higher increase in Agricultural Exports
 There is net benefit to Agriculture

25. LAND USE PATERN

26. LAND USE PATERN

27. AGRICULTURAL CREDIT

28. EXPORT OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

30. CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES

31. COTTON PRODUCTION