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The Green Revolution resulted in spectacular advancements in Indian agriculture. Having achieved food security for its citizens, the country has now become a net exporter of different agricultural commodities. But sadly, this does not reflect the real state of the Indian agricultural sector. In truth, our farmers are plagued by crop failures, poor income, and indebtedness. Such is their misery that they are of late driven to commit suicide. The author identifies poor returns from crop cultivation as the root cause of farmers' problems. Using vast temporal and spatial data, the author explores further and attempts to address some very pertinent questions facing Indian agriculture today. The answers will help us determine if we can double farm income by 2022-3, a target set by the present union government.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1: Approaches to income -- 1.2: The income information system -- 1.3: A conspiracy of ignorance? -- 1.4: Appropriate indicators -- 1.5: Wealth -- 1.6: Information and decisions -- 1.7: The plan of the rest of the book -- Chapter 2: Incomes and Agricultural Policy -- 2.1: Fundamental economic forces -- 2.2: The aims of agricultural policy -- 2.3: Official statements of policy for the EU -- 2.3.1: The agricultural community and the family farm -- 2.4: National agricultural policies in the EU - the cases of the UK and Germany -- 2.5: Income objectives in non-EU industrialised countries -- 2.6: Elucidating the income objectives of agricultural policy -- 2.7: Income information and the general theory of data systems -- 2.8: In conclusion -- Chapter 3: Conceptual Issues -- 3.1: Standard of living -- 3.2: Consumption and living standards -- 3.3: The assessment of poverty -- 3.4: Agricultural incomes and the welfare of farmers -- 3.5: Aspects of personal income -- 3.5.1: General definition of personal income -- 3.5.2: The household unit -- 3.5.3: Accounting for and valuing non-money income -- 3.5.4: Capital gain and income -- 3.5.5: The importance of time -- 3.6: Disposable income -- 3.7: Multiple-activity households -- 3.7.1: Classifying households into agricultural and non-agricultural groups -- 3.7.2: Decisions of multiple-activity agricultural households -- 3.8: Family and non-family farms -- 3.9: Deductions from income -- 3.10: Wealth and economic status -- 3.11: Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 4: Indicators of Income from Agricultural Production -- 4.1: Agriculture in the national accounts -- 4.2: The production branch agriculture - methodology used up to 1998.