Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture

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1 Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture

2 Seema Bathla Amaresh Dubey Editors Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture Investment, Income and Non-farm Employment 123

3 Editors Seema Bathla Centre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Amaresh Dubey Centre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / Library of Congress Control Number: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore , Singapore

4 Contents 1 Introduction... 1 Seema Bathla and Amaresh Dubey 2 Public Investment in Agriculture and Growth: An Analysis of Relationship in the Indian Context Seema Bathla 3 Dynamics of Access to Rural Credit in India: Patterns, Determinants and Implications Anjani Kumar 4 Investment Behaviour of Farmers Across Indian States: Determinants and Impact on Agriculture Income Seema Bathla and Yashi Kumari 5 Supply Response Function in Indian Agriculture Parmod Kumar 6 Analysis of Rice Productivity and Sources of Growth in India Elumalai Kannan 7 Changes in Production Structure and Class Composition in Agriculture: An Analysis of Agrarian Question Based on Punjab Experience Balwinder Singh Tiwana and Paramjit Singh 8 Disparities in Agriculture Income Across the Indian States Prabhjot Kaur and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon 9 Income Mobility and Poverty Dynamics Across Social Groups in Rural India, Amaresh Dubey and Arjan Verschoor v

5 vi Contents 10 Is Occupational Transformation in India Pro-Poor? Analysis of Rural Labour Market in the Reform Period Amaresh Dubey and Shivakar Tiwari 11 Shortages in Agriculture Labour Market and Changes in Cropping Pattern Sarda Prasad 12 Determinants of Rural Nonfarm Employment and Its Implication for Rural Income Distribution: A Case Study of Assam Anamika Das 13 Changes in Work Patterns of Rural Women in the Context of Structural Transformation in India Nancy Sebastian

6 About the Editors Seema Bathla is a professor at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Before joining JNU, she worked at the Institute of Economic Growth, The Energy Research Institute and University of Delhi, India. She obtained her M.Phil. from the Delhi School of Economics and Ph.D. from JNU. She has 25 years of work experience and published three books (two co-authored) and more than 40 research articles in refereed national and international journals and opinion pieces in national newspapers. Having keen interest in agricultural issues, she has carried out several research studies and undertaken assignments for the World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), NCAER and WWF-India. She received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Post-Graduate Agricultural Research from the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi in She is also the recipient of the Dr. R.T. Doshi award for the best paper published in the Agricultural Economics Research Review in 2014 and Amaresh Dubey is a professor at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He has over 28 years of teaching and research experience. Before joining JNU in 2008, he taught economics at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong and was a senior fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. His publications include four co-authored and co-edited books, over 60 articles and papers in international and national refereed journals and edited volumes, 34 research project reports and commissioned policy papers, as well as numerous opinion pieces in national newspapers. He has visited several universities and institutes in India and abroad to deliver lectures and seminars, in addition to over a hundred invited presentations at international and national seminars and conferences over the last few years. He has been a member of different academic and executive bodies at JNU and other universities and institutes, and a member of several central and state government committees and other statutory bodies. vii