Socio-Economic Exclusion of India farmers in the Economic Growth : Policy interventions for Inclusion

Agriculture growth is the minimum and necessary condition for Inclusive growth in India. Food security, price stability, income and livelihood of the majority of Indians lie in agriculture. The transformation of the present static rural India into dynamic happening economy is possible only with the overall development of Agriculture in India. Agriculture development is the key to poverty eradication in poverty rich rural India and over all rural development. Agriculture is highly labour intensive with a huge potential to create jobs in rural India. The cost of cultivation data has revealed that labor accounts for 40% of total variable cost of crop production. Hence the revival of agriculture also helps in the rejuvenating of the livelihood for the majority. But the job creation is limited by productivity of the land. Larger the productivity of land, higher will be the job creation; more will be the poverty eradication. If agriculture is not developed, the farmers will be in the midst of poverty and thereby, low standard of living. The farmers who give com to society himself will be hungry as economic stagnation prevails due to lack of agriculture development. Hence agriculture should not be ignored