Various initiatives taken by the
government to ensure the increase in agricultural production are:
→ Collectivisation, consolidation of holdings,
cooperation and abolition of Zamindari etc. were given priority to bring about
institutional reforms in the country after independence.
→ Land Reform was the main focus of our ‘First
Five Year Plan’.
→ The Green Revolution was based on the use of
package technology and the White Revolution were some of the strategies
initiated to improve the Indian agriculture.
→ Minimum Support Price policy, provision for crop
insurance, subsidy on agricultural inputs and resources such as power and
fertilizers, Grameen Banks, Kissan Credit Card and Personal Accident Insurance
Scheme are also some of the reforms bought by Indian Government.