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Working
Group for the formulation of Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007).
Crop
Husbandry, Demand and Supply Projections and Agricultural Inputs
Dated 15th
November 2000
Composition:
| 1 |
Shri
K Rajan, Former Secretary (A and C), Govt. of India
2 F/2, Kamat Khera Miramar, Panaji, Goa – 403002 |
Chairman |
| 2 |
Dr
G S Bhalla, Professor Emeritus,
Centre for Regional Development School of Social Science, JNU,
New Dettu-110067 |
Member |
| 3 |
Dr
G S Kalkat, Vice Chancellor,
Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana, Punjab |
Member |
| 4. |
Special
Secretary (A and C),
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation Krishi Bhawan, New
Delhi-1 |
Member |
| 5. |
Addl
Secretary,
Ministry of Water Resources, Sharam Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi-
1 |
Member |
| 6. |
Agriculture
Commissioner,
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Krishi Bhawan, New
Delhi– 1 |
Member |
| 7. |
Economic
and Statistical Adviser,
Directorate of Economic and Statistics, Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation,
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-1 |
Member |
| 8. |
Deputy
Director General (NRM)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-1 |
Member |
| 9. |
Director
(Agriculture) Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. |
Member |
| 10. |
Director
(Agriculture), Governmenv of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. |
Member |
| 11. |
Director
(Agriculture), Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, |
Member |
| 12. |
Directorate
of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata. |
Member |
| 13. |
Directorate
of Agriculture, Government of Haryana, Chandigarh. |
Member |
| 14 |
Directorate
of Agriculture, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh. |
Member |
| 15. |
Joint
Adviser (Agri.), Planning Commission, New Delhi-1 |
Member-Secretary |
Terms
of Reference:
- To review
the performance of various Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored
Schemes being implemented by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
during the Ninth Plan with reference to their objectives and targets
set both in terms of physical and financial aspects and to suggest
modifications so as to make these programmes, if continued, more
effective with regard to raising productivity and input supply use.
- To assess
the impact of various programmes on the increased /adequate availability
and the optimum use of agricultural inputs, especially seeds, water,
fertilizers and bio-fertilizers, farm implements and machinery,
bio-control agents and bio-pesticides, information/ extension
support and suggest measures to further improve their supply/ availability.
- To suggest
measures / programmes to effectively address issues relating to
adverse impact- of unbalanced/ excessive use of inputs and over
exploitation of natural resources on sustainable development of
agriculture, especially in the green revolution and intensive cultivation
areas..
- To suggest
the ways / programmes for increased use / wider adoption of organic
waste, Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) System and Integrated
Pest Management (EPM) System.
- To suggest
measures/ programmes for better management of inputs especially
water, fertilizers and pesticides to achieve higher use efficiency
and minimize their adverse impact on land and water resources, environment
and human and animals.
- To assess
the requirement of improved seeds of foodgarins crops, oilseeds,
commercial crops and horticulture crops during the Tenth Five Year
Plan and suggest the measures to adequately meet the demand.
- To study the
progress of agricultural mechanization during Ninth Five Year Plan
and to suggest measures/ programmes to encourage mechanization,
including the development / fabrication of implements and machines
and propagation of the same for efficient and quick farm operations,
minimizing the wastage of time and energy and post harvest losses
so as to improve efficiency and reduce the cost of production
- To review the
programmes of extension, transfer of technology and suggest measures
to make them more effective and meaningful under the fast changing
needs and empower the farming; community with access to information
- To work out
requirements of foodgarins, sugarcane. cotton, oilseeds, jute and
other crop commodities, including their likely demand for export
and make the supply projections for the terminal year of the Tenth
Five Year Plan for the purpose of working out physical targets of
agricultural production.
- To suggest
the measures programmes for substantially increasing the production
of foodgarins and other agricultural commodities specially that
of pulses and oilseeds so as to maintain self sufficiency and to
achieve a reasonable degree of self sufficiency m pulses and oilseeds.
The Terms of
Reference indicated above (para 3.1) at SI Nos.(ii) to (viii) are
for the sub group on "Agricultural Inputs" and SI No (ix)
for the sub- group on "Demand and Supply Projections".
The Chairman
of the Working Group may set up task forces, if necessary, for undertaking
in-depth studies and formulation of Plan proposals.
The Working Group
may co-opt non-official experts/ representatives of other agencies,
if required
The expenditure
of the members on TA/DA in connection with the meeting of the Working
Group will be borne by the parent-department, Ministry organization.
The expenditure, if any, in respect of non-official members will be
borne by the Planning Commission as-per rules and regulations of TA/DA
applicable to Grade-I officers of Government of India.
The Working Group
will submit as final report to the Planning Commission by 31st March, 2001. The report will be a consolidated one considering the
findings, suggestion and recommendations of the two Sub-Working Groups
referred to in this order.
