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Abstract
The pattern of development and trends in productivity and profitability
have been analysed to find whether Indian agriculture meets the
requirements of sustainable development. The study is based on the
secondary data culled from the publications of the Department of
Agriculture and Department of Statistics, Govt. of India. A tremendous
development and spectacular growth have been observed in agriculture
during the past five decades, 1949-50 to 1999-2000. However, there has not
been any spectacular modification in the technology since 1980s, leading
to a continuous deceleration in the rates of growth of both production and
productivity of most crops in recent years. Because of decline in yield, the
economic condition of farmers has deteriorated. On the other side, nonagricultural
sector has shown a growth of 6 per cent. This increasing
disparity between per capita income of agricultural and non-agricultural
sectors is likely to raise social disorder in the farming class.