Our agrarian economy is facing grave crisis. Some of the crises are natural and some are man-made. Our agriculture is still a gamble with monsoon even after completion of ten five year plans. Flood devastations, drought and fall in rainfall are natural calamities whereas absentee landlordism, defective tenurial system; arbitrary fixation of rent, disparity in the ownership of land; paucity of financial resources, illiteracy and ignorance among farmers, partial implementation of land reform measures prevalence of semi-feudal system in the rural area, indifferent attitude of the state and union governments; burden of indebtedness; lack of marketing facilities and rampant corruption in the distribution of fertilisers; improved seeds and agricultural tools are some of the glaring causes on account of which the agrarian crisis is deepening day-by-day despite the tall talk of the Government and Planning Commission to achieve 4% agricultural growth during 11th plan period which is stagnating presently at 2% per annum. This book in 24 chapters is an humble attempt to diagnose the causes of agrarian crisis and to prescribe remedial measures.All contributors have analysed the causes of agrarian crisis and its remedies in their own way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anil Kumar Thakur
Dr. Anil Kumar thakur, M.A. M.Ed., Ph. D., is a senior faculty member in the Post Graduate Department of Applied Economics and Commerce at College of Commerce, Patna under Magadh University. Many research scholars have obtained Ph. D. degrees under his guidance and supervision.
Thakur has excelled himself in several areas of Economic Policy and Fiscal Management of the Indian Economy. He has also edited more than forty books/journals/souvenirs. Thakur is a matured organizer and architect of Indian Economic Association. He is the youngest Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of Indian Economic Association. He has founded the Economic Association of Bihar and Jharkhand and remained its Founder Secretary for more than ten years.He is a signature of Indian Economic Association and many organizations of Bihar and India. Thakur is the vanguard of young professional economists living in far-flung rural remote areas to inspire and encourage them to write articles and books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Surendra Kumar
Footloose for the last three decades in different parts of the world, have used Indian films as a potent tool of cultural diplomacy and organized retrospectives in 10 countries, most recently, three of them at the Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago: retrospective on Raj Kapoor, retrospective on Guru Dutt and a retrospective of contemporary Classics of Indian Cinema. In recent years Surendra Kumar has served as a Minister (Press, Information and Culture) at the High Commission of India in London and Ambassador of India in Mozambique and Libya. He also served as the Consul General of India in Chicago from February 2003. Presently, he is serving as the High Commissioner of India to Kenya in Nairobi.
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