Agriculture Sector

Agriculture contributes to national income

Agriculture contributes to national income, provides employment, supplies raw materials to industries, supports international trade, and ensures food

Indian agriculture suffers from low yields

Indian agriculture suffers from low yields due to social, organizational, and technical reasons such as illiteracy, small land holdings, lack of irrig

Government initiatives like abolition of intermediaries

Government initiatives like abolition of intermediaries, tenancy reforms, land ceiling, and consolidation of holdings aimed at equitable land distribu

Introduction of high

Introduction of high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation led to a significant increase in food grain produc

Farmers rely on both institutional (banks

Farmers rely on both institutional (banks, cooperatives) and non-institutional sources (moneylenders) for credit. High interest rates from informal so