Farmers Indebtedness in India: an Economic analysis
by K N Ravi Kumar, K Sandhya
ISBN: 9789351301370
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 4495.00
Biblio : xiii+105.,figs.,tabls., 25 cm
Author Profile
Ms. K. Sandhya is presently working as an Agricultural Extension Officer in the <BR> Department of Agriculture of Government of Andhra Pradesh. She has completed <BR> her M.Sc (Ag.) in the Department of Agricultural Economics in Agricultural College, <BR> Bapatla of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. She is having two research <BR> articles to her credit. Her interested areas include Agricultural Marketing, Price <BR> analysis of agricultural commodities and International trade of India
About The Book
India is an agrarian economy with around 60 per cent of its population directly or indirectly depend upon agriculture and allied activities. But, this sector is often attributed as gambling and natural calamities as monsoon. The failure of these monsoons leading to a series of droughts, lack of better prices, exploitation by middlemen, all of which have led to <BR> severe indebtedness of the farming community. In the recent era, the increase in cost of production outweighed the output prices and
Table of Contents
Foreword vii <BR> Preface ix <BR> Author's Note xi <BR> 1. Introduction 1 <BR> 2. Agro-Economic Features 13 <BR> 3. Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Sample Farmers 28 <BR> 4. Indebtedness Among Farmers 47 <BR> 5. Impact of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme on Farmers Indebtedness 74 <BR> 6. Policy Suggestions 87 <BR> Literature Cited 97 <BR> Index 103
