Describe the instituition and technolgical reforms taken up by government of improve the national economy
Answers
(i) Land reforms: Collectivisation, consolidation of holdings, cooperation and abolition of zamindari.
(ii) Agricultural reforms: Green revolution and White revolution.
White revolution:
Doctor Verghese Kurien is credited with architecting Operation Flood -- the largest dairy development programme in the world.
(iii) Land development programmes: Provision for crop insurance against drought, flood, cyclone, etc., establishment of Grameen banks, Cooperative societies and banks for providing loans.
(iv) Issuing of Kissan Credit Card and Personal Accident Insurance Scheme, etc.
(v) Special weather bulletins and agricultural programmes for farmers on radio and TV.
(vi) Government announces Minimum Support Price (MSP) and remunerative and procurement prices to clreck exploitation.
(vii) The government provides HYV seeds and fertilisers.
(viii) Government provides technical assistance and training for farmers.
(ix) Soil testing facilities, cold storage and transportation facilities are provided by government for farmers.
(x)Insurance cover to farmers against damage to crops
(xi)The government launched a comprehensive land development programme in the 1980s and 1990s:
(xii)Providing high yielding varieties of seeds and fertilisers to farmers
(xiii)Developing large-scale irrigation facilities to allow them to grow two crops in a year.
(xiv)Continued expansion of farming areas.
(xiv)The government launched a comprehensive land development programme in the 1980s and 1990s: