Agricultural Change in India: Emerging Scenarios

Abstract

The situation of Indian agriculture has undergone considerable changes since 1990s due to economic reforms
introduced in 1991 and the consequent economic liberalisation. After the implementation of micro economic
framework, public and private sectors have shown interest in direct investment in rural areas to take advantage
of changes in rural enterprises, liberal trade and market policy, etc. Desirable changes in farm technology and
new economic policy have contributed to the rise in agriculture productions. Many scholars have tried to
study the impact of economic liberalisation on Indian economy and quite a few of them have specifically
studied the impacts on Indian agriculture. The present attempt is to critically review them. Our analysis
reveals that after the initiation of the economic reforms, rural economy has got gradually integrated and has
witnessed changes in the nature practiced agriculture, especially during last two and half decades.