• Dr. Kannkatti Jayanna

Abstract Agriculture plays a significance role in the process of economic development of less developed countries like India. Besides providing food to nation, agriculture releases labour, provides saving, contributes to market of industrial goods and earns foreign exchange. Agricultural development is an integral part of overall economic development. In India, agriculture was the main source of national income and occupation at the time of Independence. Agriculture and allied activities contributed around 50 percent to India’s national income. The 72 percent (around) of total working population was engaged in agriculture. These confirm that Indian economy was a backward and agricultural based economy at the time of Independence. After 61 year of Independence, the share of agriculture in total national income declined from 50 percent in 1950 to 18 percent in 2007-08. But even today more than 60 percent of workforce is engaged in agriculture. In spite of this, it is also an important feature of agriculture that is to be noted that growth of other sectors and overall economy depends on the performance of agriculture to a considerable extent. Because of these reasons agriculture continues to be the dominant sector in Indian Economy. An attempt has been made to study the agriculture sector in India, to appraise Indian agricultural policy and to analyse the performance of Indian agricultural sector specially focused on agricultural inputs. For the present study secondary data has been utilized from published and unpublished sources like, thesis, reports, books, journals, newspapers, magazines, and various websites.

Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Inputs, Agriculture Sector Performance

"working paper on Agriculture sector in India-policy review and performance analysis ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1015-1023, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802180.pdf

"working paper on Agriculture sector in India-policy review and performance analysis ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1015-1023, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802180.pdf