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Kerala PSC India Year Book Study Materials Page 39
Book's First Page4 Agriculture AGRICULTURE plays a vital role in India’s economy. 54.6 per cent of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied activities (census 2011) and it contributes 17.4 per cent to the country’s Gross Value Added for the year 2016-17 (at current prices). Given the importance of agriculture sector, Government of India took several steps for its sustainable development. Steps have been taken to improve soil fertility on a sustainable basis through the soil health card scheme, to provide improved access to irrigation and enhanced water efficiency through Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), to support organic farming through Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and to support for creation of a unified national agriculture market to boost the income of farmers. Further, to mitigate risk in agriculture sector a new scheme “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was been launched for implementation from Kharif 2016. The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW) is one of the three constituent departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, the other two being Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DAHD&F) and Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE). Relevant Websites: www.agriculture.gov.in www.agricoop.nic.in www.dare.nic.in www.dahd.nic.in Production The normal spell of rainfall during monsoon 2016 and the various policy initiatives taken by the Government made it possible to achieve a broad-based record food grain production in the year 2016-17. As per the Fourth Advance Estimates for 2016-17, production of rice is estimated at a new record of 110.15 million tonnes. Rice production is 3.50 million tonnes higher than the previous record production of 106.65 million tonnes. The wheat production is higher by 6.10 million tonnes as compared to the wheat production of 92.29 million tonnes in 2015-16. Further, production of coarse cereals is estimated at a new record level of 44.19 million tonnes. It is higher than the previous record production of 43.40 million tonnes achieved during 2010-11 by 0.79 million tonnes and also higher by 5.67 million tonnes as compared to the production of 38.52 million tonnes achieved during 2015-16. National Policy for Farmers Government of India approved the National Policy for Farmers (NPF) in 2007. Many of the provisions of the NPF are being operationalised through various schemes and programmes which are being implemented by different central government departments and ministries. For the operationalisation of the remaining provisions of the Policy, an Action Plan was finalized and circulated to the ministries/departments concerned, as well as to all states/ UTs for necessary follow-up action. Major Programmes