Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

B. D. Dhawan

Abstract

Aggregate crop production from a given resource of arable land can be expanded through one or more of the following four routes:

(1) by bringing more of the land under plough for crop activity ;
(2) by enhancing yields of crops through research and diffusion processes:
(3) by of increasing intensity of cropping through a loosening the production constraints of resourcesand social customs:
(4) by altering crop-mix in favor of more valued crops.

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B. D. Dhawan

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Tubewells are destined to play a vital role in the development of agriculture in India. The recent experience has been that they are the most reliable source of irrigation during drought. For, all other sources, major or minor, are highly vulnerable to deficiency in rainfall. Furthermore, the future irrigation needs have perforce to be met increasingly from deep underground aquifers as the economical surface water resources have already been tapped substantially. The State has to play a major role in this exploitation, first in locating and mapping out underground water resources, and then making necessary investment in installation of tubewells, which is beyond the reach of majority of our farmers.

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B. D. Dhawan

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In recent years, economists have shown interest in the phenomenon of metropolitan agglomeration of industries, to which town planners and urban demographers have already drawn attention of the society.

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