CONTENTS 1. Land Resources of India1-14 2. Indian Agriculture: An Overview 15-32 3. Constitutional Provisions and Institutional Set Up for 33-44 Agriculture 4. Agriculture in India's Five Year Plans (I to XII Plan) 45-67 5. Land Reforms: Aspects and Critical Appraisal 68-84 6. New Agricultural Strategy/Green Revolution 85-90 7. Agricultural Inputs and Services 91-103 8. Fertilizers Use and Subsidy Policy 104-120 9. Water Resources and Irrigation 121-165 10. Agricultural Workers and Forced/Bonded Labourers 166-175 11. Agricultural Credit and Rural Co-operatives 176-199 12. Micro Finance, Self-help Groups (SHGs) and NABARD 200-221 13. Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) and NABARD 222-227 14. Agricultural Marketing and Trade 228-247 15. Agricultural Price Policy, Food Subsidy and Public 248-261 Distribution System (PDS) 16. Plantation, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy 262-283 Farming and Fisheries 17. Food Processing Industry 284-296 18. Co-operatives: Problems and Remedial Measures 297-322 19. Agriculture/Rural Insurance 323-355 20. Taxation of Agricultural Income 356-364 21. Indian Agriculture and Information Technology (IT) 365-375 22. Food and Nutritional Security 376-383 23. Gender Issues in Indian Agriculture 384-390 24. Agricultural Exports and Imports 391-397 25. Indian Agriculture and WTO 398-405 26. Climate Change and Indian Agriculture . 406-420 Appendix 1. National Policy for Farmers, 2007 421-448 Appendix 2: Year-wise Review of Agricultural Developments in 449-497 India: 1947-48 to 2011-12 Appendix 3: Edited Extracts from India's Five Year Plans on 498-611 Agriculture and Allied Sectors (I to XII Plan) Appendix 4: Glossary of Agricultural Terms 612-636 Time-series Data on Indian Agriculture: 1950-51 to 2010-11 637-656 Bibliography 657-668 Index 669-680