ABSTRACT
In order to make the growth inclusive, the farm sector and rural population must receive due priority in our development effort. The following steps are necessary for capacity building in the farm/rural sector of the country, if at least 36 per cent of the farm population is to be moved out of the farm sector and all of the remaining small and medium size farmers are to be made part-time farmers in order to achieve 3 to 4 per cent inclusive growth. It is, therefore, human resource development that should receive added emphasis in order to enable the people to avail these new opportunities and openings. The equalisation of opportunities and access to education, health, life amenities and access to gainful employment opportunities would take the significant portion of the population from the rural areas out of the quagmire of socio-economic inadequacies, wants and sufferings.
