| Identify
major bottlenecks that hinder the growth of Indian agriculture |
|
Identify its competitiveness in the global market and suggest a policy framework
that would rejuvenate it. |
|
Sensitising all the stakeholders including the Central and the State Governments
to catalyse the necessary policy changes that are needed to make this sector more
vibrant and competitive. |
| Address
the conflicting domestic policies relating to production, procurement, pricing
and distribution, rising Minimum Support Prices, ineffective subsidy system, regulated
domestic markets, lack of infrastructure facilities, low productivity, low value
addition, ad hoc export policies. |
| Define
measures to attain a higher trajectory growth in agriculture of more than 4 per
cent and compete in the global market. |
| In
order to communicate the need for reform and highlight the recommendations of
FICCI's Task Force on Agriculture, the Task Force has prepared a Policy Paper
"Indian Agriculture Unbound: Making Indian Agriculture Globally Competitive"
which deals with: |
| Overview
& Project Objectives |
| Global
Opportunities and India's Competitive Advantage |
| Foodgrains
- Procurement, Storage & Distribution |
|
Marketing and Distribution
- Policies & Recommendations
- Partnering with
the Farmers - Some Initiatives
|
| Role
of Financial Sector in Promoting Agriculture |
| Considering
that Agriculture is a State subject and Policy stances adopted by State governments
hold the key to agriculture sector reforms, the Agricuture Division of FICCI has
now chalked out a program for sustained engagement with key States on the subject
and made its first State-level presentation before the Punjab Chief Minister,
Captain Amarinder Singh, and other senior officials & policy makers of the
Punjab Government. Some
of the brief objectives defined for the year 2004 are |
| Suggestions
FICCI can propose to the Government of India for efficient utilisation of Rs 50,000
crore earmarked for the agriculture sector and other concessions announced by
the Hon'ble Finance Minister in the recent interim budget |
| To
study the issues related to Agri Infrastructure & Commodity Futures (with
special emphasis on agriculture commodities) and recommend a set of policy suggestions
to the Central and the State Government.
Major Activities carried out in Agriculture
Sector |
