• Geetha Lakshmi

India is an agricultural country. Ever since independence from 1947 onwards the government is heavily interested in agricultural development. Since the formation of the Kerala government November 1 1956, the changing government introduced a large number of reforms and developmental schemes for the rapid growth of agricultural production. In India, also in Kerala, major problem is to find food for the increasing population. The land area remaining the same food production can be increased only through intensive cultivation. That is, through scientific implementation of new technology in agricultural production. This view was visualised 12 by the Indian planners. So from 1965-66 onwards, we adopted a policy called Green Revolution. Which means Intensive use of land with High Yielding Varity of seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Long with that policy the Kerala government adopted the land reform measures which has become a model for the other states in India. The application of modern technology requires large land area to apply mechanisation and large scale production. With a view to this the changing government in Kerala adopted a large number of measures to change the existing land tenure system and also the pattern of cultivation. The following explanation gives us a brief historical governmental measures in this field and also the problems faced by the government and the present conditions of the agricultural sector of Kerala.

Agricultural Development, Paddy Cultivation, Migration, Scarcity, Modern Technology, Land Reforms .

"A Historical Analysis of the Governmental Machinery in Improving the Agricultural Labourers of Kerala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.326-335, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908513.pdf

"A Historical Analysis of the Governmental Machinery in Improving the Agricultural Labourers of Kerala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp326-335, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908513.pdf