1. Agricultiure in India Importance and Productivity

2. Importance
Contribution to national income
Increase in employment
Supply of wage goods
Increase in employment
Agriculture and industry
Agriculture and foreign trade
Role in internal trade
Agriculture and transport
3. Contd
Income to Govt
Capital formation
Source of saving
Basis of economic development
Social and political importance
International importance
4. Agricultural Production
Trends in production of food grains (LakhTonnes)
Source : Economic survey 2009 10, Agricultural Census 2009)
5. Trends in Production of Commercial Crops
Source : Economic survey 2009 10, Agricultural Census 2009)
6. Observations regarding productivity
Agricultural production in India can be divided into two parts
Food Cropsand Non Food Crops
The following conclusions can be made regarding production of FOOD
CROPS and NON FOOD CROPS
Increase in production production of cereals has increased 4.7 times in the last 59 years, of pulses almost doubled, of rice 4.4 times, of wheat 12.5 times.
In 1949 50 food grain production was 549 lakhtonnes , in 2008 09 it increased to 2,339 lakhtonnes.
Lot of variation has been observed in agricultural productivity. Growth rate was positive in some plans and negative in others.
7. Rainfall or weather plays an important role in the production of food grains in India. 57% of Indian agriculture is rain fed
Lot of regional disparities have been observed in agriculture because the production is not uniform in all states. It is high in states like Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. But it is very low in states like Bihar, Orissa etc.
The production of commercial crops has increased considerably. Cotton production has risen by more than 7 times, jute by 3 times, sugarcane and oil more than 5 times.
Significant contribution of commercial crops in exports. During 2008-09, exports of oil cakes worth Rs 10,269 Cr, tobacco worth Rs 3,461 Cr, jute worth Rs 1,337 Cr, tea worth Rs 2,689 Cr and coffee worth Rs 2,256 Cr were made.
8. Average growth rate of production