India’ main activity is agriculture. 67% of people are engaged in this activity. Farmers main production is food grains, such as wheat, rice, ragi and cereals. After independence, food production was very low, but population was very less in that *****. Anyhow it was manageable and government imported some food grains from America. In Five Years Plan, some prominence on agriculture was given. Loans, subsidy were introduced especially for ST, SC. Backward classes – some wise people utilized this opporunity and some people became bad debtors to bank and cooperative societies.
New and hybrid varieties were introduced ‘ and at the same time. Chemical manure also came into market. More utilization of chemical manure, land became barren, new variety attracted new types of pest and viruses. The result is crop-**: End result in farmers became debtor to bank and co-operative societies. Harassment from bank staff increased and farmer became drunkards. Dept became heavy and ultimately he put an end to his life by hanging or drinking pesticides. Now a days ** cases are disappeared gradually.
Regarding water also New Technology were introduced. Tube Well were introduced by this underground water gradually exhausted. Even drinking water also exhausted remained. Little water is full of flouride. One who uses this water suffer from tooth decay. Nobody will forget the tragedy of endo-sulphan near Kasargod, Kerala border. Still it effects the newly born **. By new technology, new troubles were introduced.
Indian farmer has seen ups and downs in course of time since 50’* till date. Social, economical and cultural changes he witnessed.
