The document summarizes several growth-oriented agricultural programs launched by the Indian government between the 1950s-1990s. The Intensive Agricultural District Programme was launched in 1960-1961 to rapidly increase farm production through complementary inputs and services. The High Yielding Varieties Programme introduced high-yielding wheat, paddy and maize seeds starting in 1964-1965 to boost agricultural output. Operation Flood, starting in 1970, organized dairy cooperatives to increase milk production, procurement, and rural incomes.

3. GROWTH ORIENTED PROGRAMMES
 By the middle of the second five year plan, it became
increasingly evident that a new approach would be required
if agricultural production was to stay ahead of the demand
of India’s mounting population.
 In 1957-58 India faced its first post-independence food
crisis.

5. INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT PROGRAMME (IADP)
OBJECTIVE:-
 Rapid increase in agricultural production:
 Through the use of complementary inputs and services at
the farm level.
 Through concentration of financial, technical, extension
and administration resources.
 Change in attitude of farmers,
 Suitable administrative system and
 Increase in income of farmers.

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 The IADP popularly known as Package Programme After
the approval from GOI , these programmes were launched
in 7 districts in 1960 - 61 and 4 districts in 1962 - 63. The
seven districts were:-
 Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)
 West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh)
 Shahabad (Bihar)
 Raipur (Madhya Pradesh)
 Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)
 Ludhiana (Punjab)
 Pali (Rajasthan)

7. INTENSIVE DAIRY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IDDP,1993-94)
OBJECTIVE-
 Development of milk cattle
 Increase milk production by providing Technical Inputs
services
 Procurement, Processing and Marketing of milk in a
cost effective manner
 Ensure remunerative prices to milk producers
 Generate additional employment opportunities
 Improve social, nutritional and economic status of
residents of comparatively more disadvantaged areas.

8. HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES PROGRAMME (H.Y.V.P.) (1964-65)
 In India, the Green Revolution was brought about by the
introduction of HYV seeds of Wheat, Paddy and Maize.
 Introduced in selected 100 districts ( mainly in northern
and northwestern) but later on it spread in other area
also.
 The objective of this programme is to adopt HYV for
maximum production from agricultural sector.

9. OPERATIONFLOOD(1970)
 O.F. is a project of the National Dairy Development
Board, which was the world's biggest dairy development
program, that made India a milk-sufficient nation, the
largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the USA
in 1998.
OBJECTIVES-
 Increase milk production by providing efficient channel
and a ready market for the rurally produced milk at
reasonable prices.
 The milk production, procurement, processing and
marketing organisations were to be organised on Anand
Model Co-operatives.

10. EQUITY-ORIENTED PROGRAMMES (1970)
 Some integrated rural development
projects emerged that soughts to combine
activities for increasing agricultural
production with activities in such sectors as
health, education, family planning, and
water supply.

12. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CDP), 1952
 To provide for a substantial increase in the country’s agricultural
programme, and for improvements in systems of communication, in
rural health and hygiene, and in rural education and also to initiate
and direct a process of integrated culture change aimed at
transforming the social and economic life of villagers.
 The community development programme was rapidly implemented.
In 1956, by the end of the first five-year plan period, there were 248
blocks, covering around a fifth of the population in the country. By
the end the second five-year plan period, there were 3,000 blocks
covering 70 per cent of the rural population

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OBJECTIVE-
 To change the outlook of all village people so that they become self reliant
and responsible citizens..
 To improve existing village crafts and industries and organizing new ones,
providing minimum essential health services and improving health practices.
 Providing required educational facilities for children and adults as well as
recreational facilities so that they can increase their income and quality of
life.
 Improving housing and family living conditions of villagers.
 To develop a responsive village leadership, village organization and
institutions.
 Organizing or arranging trainings for voluntary local leaders like members
of panchayats, village and block advisory committees etc. and professional
community development workers like village level workers, extension
officers, block development officers.

14. TRAINING OF RURAL YOUTHFOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT (TRYSEM)
 Aims at providing basic technical and entrepreneurial skills to the rural poor in the
age group of 18 to 35 years to enable them to take up income generating activities.
 The Eighth Plan had emphasized the importance of a proper assessment of the
training needs of the rural youth in relation to self and wage-employment
opportunities, quality of training and group training.
 During the Eighth Plan, 15.28 lakh youth were trained under TRYSEM, of whom
34.16 per cent took up self-employment and 15.05 per cent wage-employment;
while the remaining 50.79 per cent remained unemployed.