Indian farming: on the verge of catastrophe/2

According to official statistics, in the year 1981, agricultural land
The area was 18509 lakh hectare which was reduced to 18292 in 2002-03
Lakhs left The availability of per capita land in the country where 0
27 hectares was reduced to 18 hectares. Last close
More than 21 lakh hectares of farmland fell into cities in two decades
Or have got factory on them. Central Ministry of Agriculture
According to statistics, the land used for non agricultural purposes
The area has increased by 50 lakh hectares. In the last two decades including the industry.
Land under various types of non-agricultural works 242
Lakh hectares remained, which was only 196 lakh hectares in 1981.
The land is getting reduced due to industrialization, the country's
The population is constantly increasing. Imports from the per capita land
Dependence on has increased. But the government is still not conscious
Because it is in the clutches of marketist thinking and capitalist economy
Is stuck. The promotion of Indian industry in the last 70 years
Has not been able to increase its 25 percent of Indian agriculture.
Food production, animal farming, Indian agriculture in all three areas
The waist is broken. But despite this, the Special Economic Zone
(SEZ) preparations to swallow land in bulk
Is in Various state governments have so far made about two hundred special
Economic Zone has approved the establishment. Central commerce
Nearly four hundred proposals have been received by the Ministry for approval
Are lying pending.

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