Economic Problems of Indian Agriculture

by Bansil, P. C.

ISBN: 9789351240426
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 19995.00
Biblio : vi+690p.,figs.,tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. P.C. Bansil belongs to first batch of Indian Economic Service. Worked with the FAO for about 15 years in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Rome, Zambia and Libya and for a similar period with the Government of India. Author of 46 books/ Reports. Besides a large number of reports and papers prepared for various Governments, published over 400 papers in specialized technical journals. Hundreds of Technical Reports have been prepared on various aspects of Agriculture for Various Governments. Work experience relates to the formulation, implementation and evaluation of National and Regional Plans for Agriculture, Statistics, Livestock including Poultry, Irrigation, Fisheries, Forestry, Wildlife, National Parks, Tourism, Agro Industries and Social Sectors like Demography, Health, Education and Housing etc. as well as project identification, formulation and evaluation in the above fields. Dr. Bansil is basically an agri and livestock economist. He was appointed by the Planning Commission as Chairman of the Tenth and Eleventh Plans Working Groups on Animal Husbandry Economics and Statistics. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations sponsored study – Livestock in India 2000-2030 – was completed by him in 2001. During his FAO assignments in Sri Lanka, Zambia, and Libya as Senior Planning Advisor, he undertook micro level studies to improve the quality of slaughter houses, poultry, agriculture and livestock development programmes – Agriculture in India, cattle in Sri Lanka and Zambia and mutton/chicken in Libya. Over 50 years of experience in research on problems relating to agricultural and livestock, economics & statistics, rural and regional economics and planning, demography, health and social sectors in India, Planning Commission, Ministry of Agriculture and FAO. He is preparing a Thirteen Volume Series – Economics of Agricultural Commodities to cover all aspects of agriculture. Six Volumes have already been published and the remaining are in press.

About The Book

The book, Economic Problems of Agriculture in its 7th Edition has a minor change in its title as against the previous ones. In fact these minor changes in the title do not mean much – for so long as the primary objective remains the same. The present study is divided into Chapters instead of only in the 6th Edition. The idea is to have a wider coverage to enable the reader to have better knowledge of the new problems being faced by the students of agricultural economics in their every day problems. Drastic changes have take place since 2002, when the 6th Edition was published New book it is hoped will be as valuable as the previous issues.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Agriculture in India 1 2. Agricultural Sector: An Overview 63 3. Indian Agriculture: A Crisis 85 4. 2020 India Vision 95 5. Resource War India after 2020 131 6. Five Year Plans 141 7. Irrigation 169 8. Organisation and Working of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India: A Critical Analysis 209 9. India’s Groundwater Challenge and the Way Forward 245 10. Import and Export of Agriculture 261 11. Agricultural Policy 279 12. Size of Holdings and Land Use 311 13. The Overview of Government Subsidies to Agriculture Sector in India 345 14. Agricultural Taxation in India 385 15. Agricultural Prices and Price Policy 407 16. Agricultural Education and Extension 423 17. Food Policy in India 459 18. Demand for Foodgrains–2020-21 481 19. Agriculture Marketing 501 20. Minor Forest Products 513 21. India Plant Protection, Pesticides and Farmers Suicides 533 22. Urban Water Problem 559 23. Action Research Linked to Population, Health and Environment 583 24. Irrigation and Land Degradation 595 25. Second Green Revolution: Role of Corporates 609 26. Bharat versus India: The Rural Urban Divide a Paper 621 27. Feed, Seed and Wastage Rates 659 28. Cereal Consumption as a Proxy for Real Income 673 29. Crisis in India Agriculture and Role of Consultancy Service 681