IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ON THE UPLIFTMENT OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE

IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ON THE UPLIFTMENT OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE Ajit Kumar Yadav* An Assessment of Income Support, Risk Management, Resource Efficiency, Market Access and Agricultural Infrastructure, with Evidence from Bihar Indian agriculture feeds the country, employs a large part of the rural workforce and draws heavily on land, water and soil. The paper proposes a district-level convergence framework and a longitudinal database that records participation, use and outcomes separately, so that future evaluations can estimate additionality instead of counting beneficiaries. * Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Economics, D.S.M. College, Jhajha (Munger University, Munger), Bihar