Agriculture Development and Government Support

Pages: 382-384
Kalpeshkumar B. Prajapati (Industrial Training Institute, Mansa, Gujarat, Department of Employment and Training, Gujarat)

Agriculture is the livelihood of the mass population of India. The agriculture sector plays a vital role in the growth of employment, GDP, national income, and the Indian economic system. Agriculture development depends on government agricultural policy. Farmer’s happiness is always been the main concern of the Indian government. For agriculture development, the government has executed various schemes. MSP, eNAM, CACA, NIAM, SFAC, AGMARKNET, I-SHAKTI, ITC e-choupal, and IFFCO portal these agencies provide help to agriculture development. Minimum support prices (MSP), agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) acts, and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi yojana, are keystones for the development of farmers. The purpose of the study is to highlight the government support in agriculture development with the help of various schemes. This paper also illustrates the importance and new developments in agricultural development with the help of government support.