Satish Balram Agnihotri IAS batch1980 from Odisha cadre, appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor to Department of Agriculture &Cooperation He is currently serving as Director General,...
Planning Commission Member and Steering Committee Chairman Abhijit Sen has recently said that farm sector target growth rate shall be 4% in the 12th Five Year Plan. The...
1. Post Name SRF Qualification: M. Tech. in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering No of Post: 01 2. Post Name: Computer Operator Qualification: B-Tech (Ag. Engg)/ B Sc...
Intensive Agriculture Area programme (IAAP) was launched in 1964-65. The core philosophy of the IAAP was that “much greater emphasis should be given to the development of scientific...
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...
