Part of the Indian Ministry of Agriculture, with responsibility for the formulation and implementation of national policies and programmes aimed at achieving rapid agricultural growth through optimum utilisation of the country’s land, water, soil and plant resources.
WWW site includes statistics for: agricultural production (by crop); land use; public procurement of crops; agrocultural imports/exports; agricultural inputs (including fertilisers, seeds and electricity); statutory minimum farm produce and support prices; wholesale prices for commercial crops; agricultural census data; growth rates under the Eighth Plan.
WWW also offer full text of annual report and agriculture budget, plus a selection of studies from Indian agro-economic research centres.