|
S.No.
|
Agricultural
Development Programme
|
Year
of Beginning
|
Objective/Description
|
|
1
|
Intensive Agriculture
Development Program (IADP)
|
1960
|
To provide loan , seeds ,
fertilizer tools to the farmers.
|
|
2
|
Intensive Agriculture Area
Program (IAAP)
|
1964
|
To develop the special harvest.
|
|
3
|
High Yielding Variety
Program (HYVP)
|
1966
|
To increase productivity of
foodgrains by adopting latest varieties of inputs for crops.
|
|
4
|
Green Revolution
|
1966
|
To increase the foodrains ,
specially food production.
|
|
5
|
Nationalization of 4 banks
|
1969
|
To provide loans for agriculture ,
rural development and other priority sector.
|
|
6
|
Marginal Farmer and
Agriculture Labor Agency (MFALA)
|
1973
|
For technical and financial
assistance to marginal and small farmer and agricultural labor.
|
|
7
|
Small Farmer Development
Agency (SFDA)
|
1974
|
For technical and financial
assistance to small farmers.
|
|
8
|
Farmer Agriculture Service
Centres (FASC)
|
1983
|
To popularize the use of improved
agricultural instruments and tool kits.
|
|
9
|
Comprehensive Crop Insurance
Scheme
|
1985
|
For insurance of agricultural
crops.
|
|
10
|
Agricultural and Rural Debt
Relief Scheme (ARDRS)
|
1990
|
To exempt bank loans upto Rs.
10,000 of rural artisans and weaver.
|
|
11
|
Intensive Cotton Development
Programme (ICDP)
|
2000
|
To enhance the production, per
unit area through (a) technology transfer, (b) supply of quality seeds, (c)
elevating IPM activities/ and (d) providing adequate and timely supply of
inputs to the farmers .
|
|
12
|
Minikit Programme for Rice, Wheat
& Coarse Cereals
|
1974
|
To increase the productivity by
popularising the use of newly released hybrid/high yielding varieties and
spread the area coverage under location specific high yielding
varieties/hybrids.
|
|
13
|
Accelerated Maize Development
Programme (AMDP)
|
1995
|
To increase maize production and
productivity in the country from 10 million tonnes to 11.44 million tonnes
and from 1.5 tonnes/hectare to 1.80 tonnes/hectare respectively upto the
terminal year of 9th Plan i.e. 2001-2002 (revised).
|
|
14
|
National Pulses Development
Project (NPDP)
|
1986
|
To increase the production of
pulses in the country to achieve self sufficiency.
|
|
15
|
Oil Palm Development Programme
(OPDP)
|
1992
|
To promote oil palm cultivation in
the country.
|
|
16
|
National Oilseeds and Vegetable
Oils development Board (NOVOD)
|
1984
|
The main functions of the NOVOD
Board are very comprehensive and cover the entire gamut of activities
associated with the oil seeds and vegetable oil industry including –
production, marketing, trade, storage, processing, research and development,
financing and advisory role to the formulation of integrated policy and
programme of development of oil seeds and vegetable oil.
|
|
17
|
Coconut Development Board
|
1981
|
To increase production and
productivity of coconut
To bring additional area under coconut in potential non-traditional
areas
To develop new technologies for product diversification and by-product
utilisation
To strengthen mechanism for transfer of technologies
To elevate the income level of small and marginal farmers engaged in coconut
cultivation.
To build up sound information basis for coconut industry and market
information
To generate ample employment opportunities in the rural sector.
|
|
18
|
Watershed Development Council
(WDC)
|
1983
|
Central Sector Scheme(HQ Scheme)
|