History of Indian Agriculture - After Independence

AFTER INDEPENDENCE (1947 - Onwards) :

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Many programs were developed during his period in order to increase the cash crops and food supply. After independence the population was increased even though the cultivation done was sufficient and it was supplied to other countries simultaneously. This means that after 1947 CE per capita production of the grains were increased. Many plans were implemented after independence such as land reclamation, Five-year plan of India used for development of agriculture, electrification, mechanization.

During this period different types of production revolutions came into existence after the independence they are:

In this period the consumption of the cereals were decreased and the consumption of fruits, vegetables, dairy product, non vegetarian were increased in the rural areas. Not only in the rural areas in urban areas also this change over started slowly.  

Farming fares kept on growing at well in excess of 10.1 % yearly through the 1990s. Contract cultivating which requires the ranchers to deliver crops for an organization under contract—and high esteem horticultural item increased. Contract cultivating prompted a decline in transaction expenses while the agreement agriculturists made more benefit contrasted with the non-contract workforce.

Notwithstanding, little landholding kept on creating issues for India's ranchers as the constrained area brought about restricted deliver and restricted. In 1991 the changes unfortunately helped an ascent in suicides by obliged agriculturists in India after product disappointments (e.g. BT cotton). Different studies distinguish the critical variables as the withdrawal of government help, inadequate or dangerous credit frameworks, the trouble of cultivating semi-bone-dry locales, poor horticultural wage, nonattendance of option pay opportunities, a downturn in the urban economy which constrained non-ranchers into cultivating, and the unlucky deficiency of suitable directing administrations.

Since freedom, India has turned into one of the biggest makers of wheat, consumable oil, potato, flavors, elastic, tea, angling, foods grown from the ground, and vegetables in the world. The Ministry of Agriculture directs exercises identifying with farming in India. Different establishments for farming related research in India were composed under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (est. 1929). Different associations, for example, the National Dairy Development Board (est. 1965), and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (est. 1982) helped the creation of cooperatives and enhanced financing.

After Independence many schemes were introduced in India for the farmers few among them are:

• MGNREGA- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Its main aim is business security by giving no less than one hundred days of ensured compensation for volunteer to do incompetent manual work.
• NAIS- National Agricultural Insurance Scheme. Its main aim is it visualizes scope of all sustenance crops (cereals and beats), oilseeds, agricultural and business crops. It includes all agriculturists, both loaners and non-loaners, under the plan.