ABSTRACT
This chapterexamines the nature and characteristics of agriculture growth patterns and regional change in India. During the 11th five-year plan period, the average annual agricultural growth was 4.0 per cent, which reduced to about 2.0 per cent in the first three years of the 12th five-year plan period. Agriculture growth impulses are basically dependent on two key attributes: change in crop area and crop yield. The total cropped area increased from 155 million ha to 188 million ha in India during the Post-Liberalisation phase. In the initial stage of agriculture growth in the hinterland of metropolitan centres especially in South India, the technological innovations in farming associated with the Green Revolution were spatially diffused by these centres. The new economic policies and regulatory reforms have increased minimum prices for food grains, subsidised food, fuel and electricity, helped reduced phone bills in rural areas and reduced interest rates for farmers.
