AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT LEVEL DISPARITIES IN INDIAN STATES

SATBIR SINGH¹, VINAY MEHALA²*
¹Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana
²Department of Agricultural Economics, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : vinay.mehla@gmail.com

Received : 17-12-2016     Accepted : 21-12-2016     Published : 24-12-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 62       Pages : 3533 - 3535
Int J Agr Sci 8.62 (2016):3533-3535

Keywords : Composite index, Agricultural development, Indian states
Academic Editor : Dr Sanbagavalli Subramanian, Tanmoy Sarkar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The level of agriculture development of different states of India was obtained with help of composite index based on optimum combinations of eight agricultural development indicators. The study utilizes very recent time period for measurement of development for seventeen non-specific states of India. It is found that Uttar Pradesh scores first rank in the agriculture development whereas Goa stands on the last position. Wide disparities have been observed in the level of agricultural development between different states of India.