Doubling farmer's income: The case of India

• Published date: 01 May 2019
• Author: Rohit Singh
• Date: 01 May 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/wfp2.12002

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DOI: 10.1002/wfp2.12002

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Doubling farmer's income: The case of India

RohitSingh1,2

Copyright Permissions: All the data sets used in the study were sourced from CSO and MoSPI; the data sets are propriety of

the MoSPI and hence cannot be shared publicly.

1Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashta

University, New Delhi, India

2Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,

India

Correspondence

Rohit Singh, Department of Economics,

University School of Humanities and

Social Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh

Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India.

E-mails: rohitsingh@ipu.ac.in and

srohit0434@gmail.com

Abstract

Agriculture, in most of the developing and under‐developed

countries, is the primary sector responsible for employment

and livelihood of the majority of population, especially

rural. This sector is entrusted with the responsibility of

poverty alleviation in rural areas and contribution to over-

all economic growth. Hence, designing optimal policy and

setting objectives have always been a concern area for the

policy‐makers. In the last fiscal year, policy objective of

doubling farmer income by the year 2022 was announced by

the government. This paper analyzes the historical aspects

of doubling of farmer's income using the National Sample

Survey Office's situation assessment survey and draws pro-

jection for the future at degenerate level across land holding

and states. This paper reviews the optimal mix of policies

that should be adopted by the government to successful dou-

ble the farmer’s income. The paper also presents a compara-

tive analysis with such policy objective being successfully

achieved in Chinese economy.

KEYWORDS

doubling of farmer’s income, NSSO situation assessment survey, policy

mix in agriculture sector

JEL CLASSIFICATION

Q18; Q10; Q12