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Ministry of Agriculture (India)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ministry of Agriculture, a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and

administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to agriculture in India. The 3 broad areas of scope for

the Ministry are agriculture, food processing and co-operation. The ministry is headed by Minister of Agriculture

Sharad Pawar.[1] Charan Das Mahant and Tariq Anwar Politician are the Ministers of State and Ashish Bahuguna

is the Secretary of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.

Contents

1 Background

2 Origins

3 Structure & Departments

4 Programs

5 Reports & Statistics6 See also

7 References

8 External links

Background

India is a largely agrarian economy - with 52.1% of the population estimated to directly or indirectly employed in

agriculture and allied sectors in 2009-10.[2] Agriculture in India is of significance because of this as well as a historof food shortages and a growing population.

Origins

Department of Revenue and Agriculture and Commerce was set up in June 1871 to deal with all the agricultural

matters in India. Until this ministry was established, matters related to agriculture were within the portfolio of the

Home Department.[3]

In 1881, Department of Revenue & Agriculture was set up to deal with combined portfolios of education, health,

agriculture, revenue. However, In 1947, Department of Agriculture was redesignated as Ministry of Agriculture.[3

Structure & Departments

The Ministry of Agriculture consists of the following three Departments. [4]

Department of Agriculture and Co-operation. This Department's responsibilities are assigned to it in the

Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 as amended time to time. Co-operation in this

context refers largely to promote farmer co-operative movements.[5]

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Department of Agriculture Research and Education. This Department's responsibilities are basic and

operation research, technology development, improving linkages between various organisations and state

governments across the country. In addition, this Department manages the Indian Council of Agricultural

Research.[6]

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. This Department's primary responsibilities are to

increase the productivity of livestock and aquaculture.[7]

The administrative head of the Ministry are the Secretaries of the three departments.

Programs

A leading program of the Ministry is the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana - which was launched in 2007 on the

recommendations of the National Development Council of India. This program sought to improve the overall state

of agriculture in India by providing stronger planning, better co-ordination and greater funding to improve

productivity and overall output. The total budget for this program in 2009-10 was just over INR 380 billion.[8]

Reports & StatisticsThe Ministry publishes an annual report titled "Agricultural Statistics At a Glance". This gives a detailed picture of

the state of the India's agriculture including demographics of the agrarian sector, crop production (including state-

wise and crop-wise break-ups), rural economic indicators such as credit, etc. The latest report has been published

for 2010.[9]

See also

Minister of Agriculture

Agricultural insurance in IndiaNational Portal of India

Department of Agriculture (Tamil Nadu)

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (Tamil Nadu)

References

1. ^ [1] (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news-topic/agriculture-minister-sharad-pawar/) Sharad Pawar

2. ^ Economic Survey 2010, p. 180.

3. ^a

b

"Organisational History of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation"(http://agricoop.nic.in/Orghistory.pdf). Retrieved 5 July 2012.

4. ^ http://india.gov.in/sectors/agriculture/ministry_agriculture.php

5. ^ http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://agricoop.nic.in

6. ^ http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://dare.nic.in/

7. ^ http://dahd.nic.in/index2.htm

8. ^ http://rkvy.nic.in/#

9. ^ http://eands.dacnet.nic.in/latest_2006.htm

External links