Intensive Agriculture Development program (IADP) was the first major experiment of Indian government in the field of agriculture and it was also known as a “package programme” as...
Macro Management of Agriculture Scheme (MMA) The Macro Management of Agriculture Scheme (MMA) was formulated in 2000-01, by bringing together under one umbrella 27 centrally sponsored schemes relating...
Edible Vegetable Oils are India’s largest agricultural imports, followed by wood and wood products & Pulses sharing the 34%, 18%, 18%. Commodity Import (2008) Vegetable Oils Fixed (Edible) 10301.09 ...
Share of Agriculture in Foreign trade Some of the agro products such as tea, sugar, oilseeds, tobacco, spices and fibers make India’s main items of exports. The following...
Employment in the agriculture Sector as Share of Total Employment in 2004-05 was 52.1%, making it single largest private sector occupation. In 1951, when India’s population was 361...
During 2008-09 the agricultural sector contributed to approximately 15.7 per cent of India’s GDP (at 2004-05 prices) and 10.23 per cent (provisional) of total exports besides providing employment...
India is one of the world’s largest agrarian economies and agriculture is the backbone of our country’s economy. Despite of industrialization and liberalizations it provides employment to around...
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development financial institution in India, established with the primary objective of fostering rural development and supporting...
The value of acquisitions of new or existing fixed assets by the Agriculture & allied sectors, which is known as Gross Capital Formation, as a proportion to the...
In India 100% FDI is permissible via automatic route in following sub sectors of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Sub sectors: Floriculture, Horticulture, Development of Seeds, Animal Husbandry, Pisciculture,...
