agriculture

Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design, implementation and Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Meaning of Public Policy Are goal oriented Are outcome of the government’s collective actions It is what the government actually decided or chooses to do Is positive in the sense that it depicts the concern of the government and involves its action to a particular problem on which the policy is made Distinction between policy … Read more

E-Technology in the aid of farmers and Technology Missions in Agriculture

E-Technology in the aid of farmers and Technology Missions in agriculture It is apparent that the tasks of meeting the consumption needs of the projected Population are going to be more difficult given the higher productivity base than in 1960s. There is also a growing realization that previous strategies of generating and promoting technologies have … Read more

Food processing and related industries in India -scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.

Agro Food Processing Food Processing Industry is of enormous significance for India’s development because of the vital linkages and synergies that it promotes between the two pillars of the economy, namely Industry and agriculture. India is world’s second largest producer of food and has the potential to become number one in due course of time … Read more

Issues of Horticulture and Forestry

  INFRASTRUCTURE and protection of forests and wildlife. Under this scheme 1.74 lakh claims with an extent of 10.26 lakh acres are received. Of which 1.63 lakh claims with an extent of 9.81 lakh acres are surveyed. Remaining are under progress.   Plantation Activities:  Eucalyptus Plantations: The APFDC has been raising Eucalyptus Clonal plantations and … Read more

Minimum Support Price (MSP)

  Historical context The emergence of agricultural Price Policy in India was in the backdrop of Food scarcity and price fluctuations provoked by drought, floods and international prices for exports and imports. This policy in general was directed towards ensuring reasonable food prices for consumers by providing food grains through Public Distribution System (PDS) and … Read more

Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies

  Subsidy is one of the powerful fiscal instruments, besides taxes and others, by which the objective of Growth and social Justice may be achieved.   Subsidies alter relative prices and budget constraints and thereby affect decisions concerning production, consumption and allocation of Resources. Like many other countries, subsidies in Indian economy are pervasive. These … Read more

Social customs in Uttar Pradesh

Social customs in Uttar Pradesh Society is Patriarchal like most of Uttar Pradesh and male elders are considered heads. Though many governmental schemes like LPG connection that is given only in the name of female elder of the house has brought somewhere female on front but in DECISION MAKING they are considered subordinate to men. … Read more