- Prologue
- G8/P4: Agriculture Land reforms
- G8/P5: Irrigation types for GS3 & Fertilizers
- G8/P6: Agro Modernization: Green Revolution, Extension Services & Marketing
- G8/P7: Livestock: dairy and fishery sector
Prologue
- These geography lectures are conducted by Ms. Rajtanil at Sardar Patel institute of Public Administration (SPIPA), Ahmedabad.
- On 30th March, continuation of the Indian Agriculture segment with issues related to land reforms, irrigation types, extension services, dairy and fisheries sector. Total ~2:30 hours but I’ve split it into four parts.
- PowerPoint of the lecture, available at Mrunal.org/Download
- Medium of instruction- Hindi.
- English version not possible for the moment, because faculties are required to teach at this batch, in Hindi/Gujarati only. Besides, same content is available in English in the powerpoints.
G8/P4: Agriculture Land reforms
- Recap of previous lecture: major crops in India
- Agriculture Factor: Seed Mission, Seed Bill, 2004
- Agriculture Factor: Land issues
- Reasons for land issues: social system, British policies
- Ancient land revenue system vs. British revenue system
- After independence: land reform four agenda
- Status of land reforms in India
- How variation in agro-situation in India arise?
- Diversity in Indian agriculture: climatic, socio-economic reasons.
- Agro-climatic planning, parameters, objectives.
- ICAR: National agro-research project
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/VeTc9xBO1Po
G8/P5: Irrigation types for GS3 & Fertilizers
- Factors of agricultures: irrigation
- Irrigation level in the country
- Types of irrigation in the country
- Canal irrigation
- Tank irrigation
- Tube well irrigation
- Canal irrigation
- Problems of canals
- Under-usage of canal water
- Reason for under-usage of canal water
- Command area development prog
- Tank irrigation
- Tanks in south India and its decline
- Tube well and Ecological problem involved
- Status of various irrigation technique
- Sustainable irrigation technique
- New schemes by govt. for irrigation development
- Factors of agricultures: nutrition
- Source of Soil-nutrition
- NPK: imbalance
- Soil health card scheme
- Problems of chemical fertilizers
- Organic farming:
- Paramparagat Krishi sinchai yojana
- Green manure
- Vermin-compost
- Benefits of vermi-compost
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/rA2SN_Iiy3M
G8/P6: Agro Modernization: Green Revolution, Extension Services & Marketing
- Factors of agricultures: agro-modernization
- Actions taken after independence: 1st FYP, 2nd FYP
- Green revolution- objectives, planning, benefits and criticism
- UPSC Mains 2014 question
- National food security mission: planning, targets, capacity building
- Factors of agricultures: Agriculture extension
- Scope of Agriculture extension, New schemes for Agriculture extensio
- Factors of agriculture: Finance- its need, options, Kisan credit card scheme, National crop insurance prog., NABARD’s initiatives
- Factors of agricultures: Marketing- problems, Government schemes
- Problems of agro-marketing in India
- Govt. schemes for agro-marketing, Unified national market, Storage infrastructure
- Marketing portal by FMC: AGMARKNET
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/RbDY7qm3uuw
G8/P7: Livestock: dairy and fishery sector
- Livestock in India
- Dairy development: AMUL case study and its success
- National Dairy development Board
- Operation Flood and its 3 phases and outcomes
- Success of cooperatives in farm and dairy sector: comparison
- National livestock mission
- Fodder development
- Veterinary health
- Indigenous cattle: challenges, importance
- Rashtriya Kamdhenu breeding centre
- Rashtriya Gokul Mission
- Fishery sector
- Marine fishery and Inland fishery development in India
- Ranking: State wise largest production
- Problems of marine fishing
- Deep sea fishing
- New technique: open sea cage farming
- Comparison between marine and inland fishing in India
- Inland fishing, State wise largest production
- Blue revolution
- Brackish water aqua-culture issues and potential
- Indian fishers sector: development issues and challenges.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/roXJNZvLW1g
Madam, Please make some lectures on “Factors responsible for Industry locations in the world”.
Thank u very much Mrunala sir
superb….but hope english videos come out soon.
I am an IAS Aspirant . I want you to please help me to crack it.
In G8/L4, it was claimed that agricultural system that Akbar followed i.e. Mansabdari system was followed by Tuqlaq. The truth is Akbar adopted this system from the Tuqluq itself not the otherwise.
Hello,
I would like to know that the lectures prepared by Ratanjali mam are for MAINS GS GEO paper or for MAINS OPTIONAL GEO paper?
IS there anyone appearing with Mechanical Engg as optionals?
Pls give the video in english