For the first time ever, India's manufacturing will contribute more to its GDP than agriculture

High prices of food items are due to less production, as market rule. After dubling the prices is any farmer get surity of two time meals ?No' is it that food producer get there appropriat returns as much as Manufacturing ind. get. Why Farmers sybling do their paternal busines. Why not they join manufacturind Ind. I think it is a red symbol for Green revolution.

The government has been doing something for the agriculture sector , but it is not enough. The Union budget outlay for agriculture was Rs. 2700 crores in 1996 , which in this budget is Rs. 10000 crores.

However , the major reason for farmer suicides in most areas of the country is because farmers have shifted from food crops to cash crops. Prices for these crops are entirely market driven , and when there is a surplus and prices drop , farmers do not get any return on their investment. In the case of food crops , the crop could still be used by the farmers to sustain themselves till another season.

Another reason for India's poor performance in the agricultural sector is the loss while in storage. Lakhs of tonnes of food crops rot while in FCI silos.

All this shows that the government emphasis on agriculture is not as much as it should be. Considering that over 60 % of India's population is in the agricultural sector , the government should do much more to boost this sector of the economy.

There is growth in the manufacturing sector and there is no second openion about the progress we have been making in the manufaturing sector. Thanks to the private efforts and the proactive policy of the Government, including the economic stimulous. How ever the failure of Agricluture sector over the years is the main reason for manufacturing sector replacing the agriculture sector as the top contributer to the GDP. While both Government and the Private is wasting their energy and funds on developments that require leasty preiority like the recent BT Brinjal, we are forgetting main food crops totally. If only we would have concentrated on improving the productivity of Oil seeds, Pulses and other food grains and put in efforts to retrive the present losses of coomodities due to poor and unscientific handling , storage and distribution; concentrated on improving the productivity of agri crops which are currently being imprted like raw cashew nuts, oilseeds ect to feed the processsing facilities already crested in the country, Agriculture would have remained as top contributor to the GDP.