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{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name     = Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (India)
|nativename      = 
|seal            = Emblem_of_India.svg
|seal_width      = 70px
|seal_caption    = Emblem of India
|jurisdiction    = {{flagicon|India}}Republic of India
|headquarters    = Krishi Bhawan<br>Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road<br>[[Place:New Delhi|New Delhi]]
|region_code     = IN 110001
|minister1_name  = Radha Mohan Singh
|minister1_pfo   = Minister of Agriculture
|minister2_name  =Gajendra Singh Shekhawat<ref name="agriculture.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://agriculture.gov.in/#|title=Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Government of India|website=Agriculture.gov.in|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|minister2_pfo   = Minister of State
|minister3_name  = Parsottambhai Rupala<ref name="agriculture.gov.in"/>
|minister3_pfo   = Minister of State 
|minister4_name  = Krishna Raj<ref name="agriculture.gov.in"/>
|minister4_pfo   = Minister of State
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The '''Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare''' (formerly '''Ministry of Agriculture'''), a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in {{wipe|India}}. The three broad areas of scope for the Ministry are agriculture, [[Engineering:Food processing|food processing]] and co-operation. The agriculture ministry is headed by Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Krishna Raj and Parsottambhai Rupala are the Ministers of State.

==Background==
Agriculture is the principal source of livelihood for more than half  population of India. Agriculture provides the bulk of wage goods required by non-agriculture sectors and most of the raw materials for the industries sector. {{wipe|India}} is a largely agrarian economy - with 52.1% of the population estimated to directly or indirectly employed in agriculture and allied sectors in 2009-10.{{sfn|Economic Survey|2010|p=180}} The combined efforts of Central Government, State Governments and the farming community have succeeded in achieving record production of 244.78 million tonnes of foodgrains during 2010-11. This record production has been achieved through effective transfer of newly developed crop production technologies to farmers under various crop development schemes, such as the Agriculture MMP, which is run under the direction of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. Other causes behind record production include remunerative prices for various crops through enhanced minimum support prices.<ref>[http://agricoop.nic.in/aboutus.html "About DAC"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420032527/http://agricoop.nic.in/aboutus.html |date=20 April 2015 }}, "Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India", Retrieved 2015-4-24</ref> Agriculture in India is of significance because of this as well as a history of food shortages and a growing population.

==Origins==
Department of Revenue and Agriculture and Commerce was set up in June 1871 to deal with all the agricultural matters in India. Until this ministry was established, matters related to agriculture were within the portfolio of the Home Department.<ref name="Organisational History"/>

In 1881, Department of Revenue & Agriculture was set up to deal with combined portfolios of education, health, agriculture, revenue. However, In 1947, Department of Agriculture was redesignated as Ministry of Agriculture.<ref name="Organisational History">{{cite web|url=http://agricoop.nic.in/Orghistory.pdf |title=Organisational History of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation |accessdate=5 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064805/http://agricoop.nic.in/Orghistory.pdf |archivedate=25 April 2012 |df= }}</ref>

==Structure and Departments==
The Ministry of Agriculture and farmers Welfare consists of the following three Departments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605093532/http://india.gov.in/sectors/agriculture/ministry_agriculture.php|title=Ministry of Agriculture - Agriculture - Sectors: National Portal of India|date=5 June 2009|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref>

* Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare. This Department's responsibilities are assigned to it in the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 as amended time to time. Co-operation in this context refers largely to promote farmer co-operative movements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903184137/http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://agricoop.nic.in|title=National Portal of India|date=3 September 2011|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref> The Agriculture MMP is another program run by this depart that aims to replicate the agricultural e-governance projects being carried in different states at a national level and through a variety of media.
* Department of Agriculture Research and Education. This Department's responsibilities are basic and operation research, technology development, improving linkages between various organisations and state governments across the country. In addition, this Department manages the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903185227/http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://dare.nic.in/|title=National Portal of India|date=3 September 2011|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref>
* Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. This Department's primary responsibilities are to increase the productivity of livestock and aquaculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004045204/http://dahd.nic.in/index2.htm|title=Wayback Machine|date=4 October 2009|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref>

The administrative head of the Ministry are the Secretaries of the three departments.

==Programs==
A leading program of the Ministry is the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, which was launched in 2007 on the recommendations of the National Development Council of India.  This program sought to improve the overall state of agriculture in India by providing stronger planning, better co-ordination and greater funding to improve productivity and overall output. The total budget for this program in 2009-10 was just over INR 38,000 crore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rkvy.nic.in/#|title=:::Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:::|work=rkvy.nic.in}}</ref>

==Reports and statistics==
The Ministry publishes an annual report titled "Agricultural Statistics At a Glance".  This gives a detailed picture of the state of the India's agriculture including demographics of the agrarian sector, crop production (including state-wise and crop-wise break-ups), rural economic indicators such as credit, etc. The latest report has been published for 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eands.dacnet.nic.in/latest_2006.htm|title=Economics And Statistics,Ministry Of Agriculture,Government Of India|website=Eands.dacnet.nic.in}}</ref>

==List of Ministers of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ministers of Agriculture (India)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan=2|Political Party
! Prime Minister
! Reference
|-
|Rajendra Prasad
|
|1946
|1947
|rowspan=7|[[Social:Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
|rowspan=4|Jawaharlal Nehru
|-
|Jairamdas Daulatram
|
|1948
|1952
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/j.pdf|format=PDF|title=Members : J|website=Rajyasabha.nic.in|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Panjabrao Deshmukh
|
|1952
|1962
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/691.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|work=47.132}}</ref>
|-
|Swaran Singh
|
|1963
|1964
|<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1057.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|work=47.132}}</ref>
|-
|Chidambaram Subramaniam
|
|1964
|1966
|[[Biography:Lal Bahadur Shastri|Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|
|-
|Jagjivan Ram
|
|1967
|1970
|rowspan=2|Indira Gandhi
|<ref name=jr>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/750.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|work=47.132}}</ref>
|-
|Jagjivan Ram
|
|1974
||1977
|<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2318.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|work=47.132}}</ref>
|-
|Parkash Singh Badal
|[[File:ParkashSinghBadal.JPG|75px]]
|24 March 1977
||20 June 1977
|rowspan=2|Shiromani Akali Dal
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Morarji Desai
|
|-
|Surjit Singh Barnala
|[[File:H_E_Shri_Surjit_Singh_Barnala.jpg|75px]]
|1977
|1979
|<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|Rao Birendra Singh
|
|14 January 1980
|31 October 1984
|rowspan=4|[[Social:Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
|Indira Gandhi
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2215.htm |title=9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile |date= |website=Loksabha.nic.in |publisher=National Informatics Centre |accessdate=May 19, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|Buta Singh
|[[File:Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_(11)_(cropped).jpg|75px]]
|1984
|12 May 1986
|rowspan=3|Rajiv Gandhi
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=435|title=Official biographical sketch on Lok Sabha website|author=|date=|website=47.132|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Gurdial Singh Dhillon
|
|12 May 1986
|14 February 1988
|
|-
|Bhajan Lal
|
|1988
|1989
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3247|title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Bhajan Lal,Shri|author=|date=|website=47.132|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Chaudhary Devi Lal
|[[File:Devi Lal.jpg|75px]]
|2 December 1989
|10 November 1990
|Janata Dal
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|V. P. Singh
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2719.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|work=47.132}}</ref>
|-
|Balram Jakhar
|[[File:Dr Balram Jakhar.jpg|75px]]
|1991
|1996
|[[Social:Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|P. V. Narasimha Rao
|<ref name=nk>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2755.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|work=47.132|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403123310/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2755.htm|archivedate=3 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|Suraj Bhan
|
|16 May 1996
|1 June 1996
|[[Social:Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1997.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of XI Lok Sabha|work=47.132}}</ref>
|-
|H. D. Deve Gowda
|
|1 June 1996
|10 July 1996
|Janata Dal
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|H. D. Deve Gowda
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3960|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Devegowda,Shri H.D.|author=|date=|website=47.132|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| Chaturanan Mishra
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2| 10 July 1996
|rowspan=2| 19 March 1998
|rowspan=2| Communist Party of India
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|H. D. Deve Gowda
|rowspan=2|
|-
|I. K. Gujral
|-
|Nitish Kumar
|
|22 November 1999
|3 March 2000
|Janata Dal (United)
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=4|Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|<ref name=nka>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=277|title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Nitish Kumar,Shri|author=|date=|website=47.132|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Nitish Kumar
|
|27 May 2000
|21 July 2001
|Janata Dal (United)
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|<ref name=nka/>
|-
|Ajit Singh
|
|22 July 2001
|24 May 2003
|Rashtriya Lok Dal
|idth="4px" bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Lok Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=14 Official biographical sketch on Lok Sabha website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201163047/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=14 |date=1 February 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|Rajnath Singh
|
|2003
|2004
|[[Social:Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4268|title=Official biographical sketch on Lok Sabha website|author=|date=|website=47.132|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Sharad Pawar
|[[File:Sharad Pawar, Minister of AgricultureCrop.jpg|75px]]
|23 May 2004
|26 May 2014
|Nationalist Congress Party
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|Manmohan Singh
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=327|title=Official biographical sketch on Lok Sabha website|author=|date=|website=47.132|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Radha Mohan Singh
|[[File:J0-rSod0.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
|26 May 2014
|Incumbent
|[[Social:Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|Narendra Modi
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agricoop.nic.in/aboutus.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420032527/http://agricoop.nic.in/aboutus.html |archivedate=20 April 2015 |df= }}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
* Agricultural insurance in India
* National Portal of India

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://agricoop.nic.in/ Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418032054/http://goidirectory.nic.in/min222.htm Directory of Ministry of Agriculture websites]
* [http://www.icar.org.in/ India Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)]
* [http://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/ Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices]
* [http://plantquarantineindia.org/ Plant Quarantine Organisation of India]
* [http://www.indiaseeds.com/ National Seeds Corporation Limited]
* [http://www.krishiindiaexpo.com/ Krishi India Expo]
* [http://www.soilhealth.dac.gov.in/ Soil Health Card Portal]
* [http://www.fqcs.dac.gov.in/ Fertilizer Quality Control System (FQCS)]
* [http://www.pgsindia-ncof.gov.in/ Participatory Guarantee System]


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