CONTENTS Author's Note on the Book vii-xl Part I : Agriculture Development in India 1. Agriculture in India : An Introduction 1-20 2. Agriculture Policy and Development in India's Five Year Plans 21-41 3. Agrarian Relations and Land Reforms 42-56 4. Agricultural Inputs and Services 57-82 5. Agricultural Workers 83-86 6. Agricultural/Rural Credit 87-113 7. New Agricultural Strategy/Green Revolution 114-118 8. Agricultural Marketing and Trade 119-130 9. Agricultural Price Policy, Food Subsidy and Public Distribution System 131-143 10. Plantation, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Farming and Fisheries 144-153 11. Agriculture/Rural Insurance 154-185 12. Taxation of Agricultural Income 186-194 13. Indian Agriculture and Information Technology 195-202 14. Indian Agriculture and WTO 203-210 15. Recent Initiatives in the Agricultural Sector 211-226 Part II : Rural Development in India 16. Rural India : An Introduction 227-239 17. Rural Employment 240-253 18. Rural Industries 254-268 19. Rural Housing 269-273 20. Education and Training in Rural Areas 274-281 21. Rural Health and Family Welfare 282-295 22. Rural Sanitation and Cleanliness 296-301 23. Rural Electrification and Water Supply 302-308 24. Rural Transport and Communications 309-315 25. Empowerment of Women, Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Disabled and Older Persons in Rural Areas 316-321 26. E-governance in Rural Areas 322-324 Part III : Year-wise Review of Agricultural/Rural Developments in India : 1947-48 to 2008-09 325-376 Part IV : Appendices Appendix 1 : National Policy for Farmers, 2007 377-404 Appendix 2 : Bharat Nirman 405-410 Appendix 3 : Main Findings and Recommendations of the Committee on Financial Inclusion ( Chairman : C. Rangarajan ), January 2008 411-446 Part V : Glossary of Agricultural Terms 447-472 Part VI : Time-series Data on Indian Agriculture 1950-51 to 2007-08 473-492 Bibliography 493-500 Index 501-512