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Editorial Board Chairman Sangeeta Verma Agricultural Situation Editor in India P. C. Bodh VOL. LXXII December, 2015 No. 9 Addl. Eco. Adviser CONTENTS Yogita Swaroop PAGES Economic Officer FARM SECTOR NEWS 1 Prosenjit Das GENERAL SURVEY OF AGRICULTURE 7 Officials Associated in Preparation of the ARTICLES Publication Farmers’ Suicides in Andhra Pradesh: An Exploratory Study— 11 D.K. Gaur — Tech. Asstt. G. Nancharaiah and G. Jagadeesh S.K. Kaushal — Tech. Asstt. (Printing) Farmers Suicide in the Corporate Economy of India- An Analytical 29 Uma Rani — Tech. Asstt. (Printing) Study—Dr. T. C. Chandrashekar V.M. Shobhana — P.A. Persistent Agrarian Crisis: Can Policy/Market-driven Large-scale 44 Cover Design By: Crop-diversification be A Panacea?—Dr. Saumya Chakrabarti Yogeshwari Tailor— Asstt. Graph Agrarian Distress: Case of Maharashtra—Sangeeta Shroff, Jayanti 58 Kajale and Naresh Bodkhe Proverbial Vagaries Causing Agrarian Distress—Prof. V.S. Tomar 67 Publication Division and Deepak Rathi DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS A Case Study of a Village in Telangana on Small Holding 75 AND STATISTICS Farmers—K. Kiran Kumar DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & A Study on Problems in Agricultural Lending for Sugarcane 82 FARMERS WELFARE, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Cultivation: A Case in Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu— & FARMERS WELFARE S. Padma Rani and K. 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Special/Annual issue is paid by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics to the authors of the articles accepted for the Journal. Disclaimer: Views expressed in the articles and studies are of the authors only and may not necessarily represent those of Government of Soft Copy of the journal may be seen in PDF at the following India. URL : eands. dacnet.nic.in/publication.htm Farm Sector News MSP for Rabi Crops of 2015-16 season of production resources like land and water, while recommending MSPs. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its The CACP being the expert body, its approval for the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Rabi recommendations are generally accepted as such. Crops of 2015-16 Season to be Marketed in However, in view of the gap in the demand and domestic 2016-17. The decision is based on recommendations of supply of pulses, the Cabinet has decided to give a bonus Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) of Rs.75/- per quintal for rabi pulses over and above the for the Price Policy for Rabi Crops for the Marketing recommendations of the CACP. This is expected to give Season 2016-17. CACP, which is an expert body, takes a strong price signal to farmers to increase acreage and into account the cost of production, overall demand- invest for increase in productivity of pulses. supply, domestic and international prices, inter-crop price The Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all Rabi parity, terms of trade between agricultural and non- Crops of 2015-16 season to be marketed in 2016-17 have agricultural sectors, the likely effect of the Price Policy been increased and are given in table below: on the rest of economy, besides ensuring rational utilization Commodity MSP for 2014-15 MSP for 2015-16 Increase in MSP over 2014-15 Bonus * season season (Rs per quintal) (Rs per quintal) Absolute % (Rs per quintal) Wheat 1450 1525 75 5.2 - Barley 1150 1225 75 6.5 - Gram 3175 3425 250 7.9 75 Masur (Lentil) 3075 3325 250 8.1 75 Rapeseed/ Mustard 3100 3350 250 8.0 - Safflower 3050 3300 250 8.2 - Note: * Bonus on Rabi pulses is payable over and above the MSP. The prices would be effective from the Rabi TABLE: AREA UNDER RABI CROPS AS ON 27/11/15 marketing season 2016-17. The higher MSPs would (Lakh hectare) increase investment and production through assured remunerative prices to farmers. Crop Area sown in Area sown in 2015-16 2014-15 Rabi Crops Sowing Crosses 317 Lakh Hactare Wheat 117.32 161.57 As per preliminary reports received from the States.The Pulses 90.91 97.80 total area sown under Rabi crops as on 27thNovember, 2015 stands to 317.96 lakh hectares. Coarse Cereals 44.40 37.48 Oilseeds 57.08 65.73 Wheat has been sown/transplanted in 117.32 lakh Rice 8.26 10.04 hectares, pulses in 90.91 lakh hectare coarse cereals in 44.40 lakh hectares, oilseeds in 57.08 lakh hectares and Total 317.96 372.61 Rice in 8.26 lakh hectares. National Policy on Marine Fisheries to be Reviewed The details of the area covered so far and that The Government is in the process of revising National covered during last year this time is as follows: Policy on Marine Fisheries. A committee under the December, 2015 1 chairmanship of DG, ICAR is seeking the inputs from this relationship a step further in the areas of agriculture, stakeholders. The new policy will ensure all-round animal husbandry and allied sectors to their mutual benefit. development of Fisheries sector in the country. Addressing Both India and Brazil already have a Memorandum the consultative committee of the Ministry of Agriculture of Understanding between their Agriculture Ministries for and Farmers Welfare in Varanasi on 6th November, 2015, furthering mutual cooperation in the area of agriculture, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that Marine Fisheries is the animal husbandry and other allied activities, and aimed at fastest growing food producing sector in the world with a sharing the benefits of research, technology and a wide great potential to meet the food, especially protein range of other incidental activities. requirement of a large number of population. And with an Similarly, there is a Memorandum of Understanding annual growth rate of above 7 per cent, India is the second between ICAR and EMBRAPA in the areas of research, largest producer of fish from aquaculture in the world.