Agriculture Important Year Study Point
Agriculture Important Year Important Point
CHRONOLOGY OF MODERN AGRICULTURE
| Events | Year |
| Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce (DRAC) | 1871 |
| Severe famine in Bihar | 1874 |
| Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) at Pune (Maharashtra) | 1875 |
| Famine in Madras and Bornbay presiaencies | 1876 |
|
Famine in Punjab, Central province (10 lakh died)
|
1877
|
| Famine commission appointed | 1880 |
| Government of India started Saprate Agriculture Department | 1881 |
| Veterinary college established at Lahore (now in Pakistan) | 1882 |
| Higher Education in agriculture at Pune | 1890 |
| Dr.J.A. Volcker’s report on improvement of Indian Agriculture | 1891 |
| Agriculture chemist and an assistant chemist were appointed to look after research and teaching. | 1892 |
|
Famine (Chhapaniyakal)
|
1899-1900
|
| Forest Research Institute | 1900 |
| Agricultural colleges were established at Pune, Kanpur, Sabour, Nagpur, Lyallpur and Coimbatore | 1901-1905 |
| First Irrigation Commission | 1901 |
| An Entomologists were appointed (Nionel de Nicevelli) | 1903 |
| Established the Imperial (now known as Indian) Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa, (Bihar) shifted to New Delhi in 1936 | 1905 |
| Started Agriculture Journal India | 1906 |
| First Tractor brought for agricultural use | 1914 |
| Destructive insect and pests act passed | 1914 |
| Events | Year |
| Indian Central cotton committee. | 1921 |
| Appointment of Royal Commission on Agriculture headed by Lord Linlithgow | 1926 |
| Royal Commission on Agriculture submitted its report | 1928 |
| Establishment of Imperial (now Indian) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi | 16 July 1929 |
| Indian Central Lac Committee | 1931 |
| Establishment of Reserve Bank of India (RB) with RBI act 1934 | 1’April 1935 |
| Indian Central Jute Committee | 1936 |
|
Monthly Journal (Popular) Indian Farming started by Imperial (Indian) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
|
1940 |
| Department of Food Created | 1942 |
| Great Bengal Famine (Caused by Helminthosporium oryzae) | 1943 |
| Indian Central Sugarcane Committee | 1944 |
| Dr W. Burns report on Technological Possibilities of Agricultural Development in India | 1944 |
| Sir, Pheroze Kharegat’s memorandum on the development of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in India | 1945 |
| Indian Central Coconut Committee | 1945 |
| Indian Central Tobacco Committee. | 1945 |
| Directorate of Plant Protection & Quarantine. |
1946
|
| Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) | 1946 |
| UNICEF, Headquarter at New York (Internationale organisations) | 11 Dec 1946 |
| Food policy committee | 1947 |
| Indian Central Oil seeds Committee. | 1947 |
| Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore | 1947 |
| Events | Year |
| FAO (Food& Agriculture Organization), Rome (Italy) | 1948 |
| GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), now replaced by WTO. | Jan 1948 |
| Nationalization of RBI | 1 Jan 1949 |
| Arecanut Committee | 1949 |
| Planning commission established | 1950 |
| Community Development project started | 1952 |
|
National Extension Scheme
|
1953
|
| Indian Society of Agronomy | 1955 |
| TV broadcast for Rural development started | 1957 |
| UNESCO | 1955 |
| Project for intensification of regional research on cotton, oilseeds, millets (PIRRCOM) | 1956 |
| All India Coordinated maize improvement Project. | 1957 |
| Spices and Cashewnut Committee | 1958 |
| Nalagarh Committee report (or Agricultural Administrative Committee | 1958 |
| National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) | 2″Oct 1958 |
| First agricultural University in India. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology at Pantnagar, on the pattern of Land-Grant system of USA | 1960 |
| National Seed Corporation | 1963 |
| Food Corporation of India (FCI) | 14 Jan 1965 |
| Became First DG or Vice President of ICAR Dr. B.P. Pal | 1965 |
| ACRIPs were started on other crops as well as in other areas of Research | 1965 |
| Placement of different agricultural research institutes under the purview of ICAR | 1966 |
| Krishi Darshan program | 1967 |
| Insecticide act was passed | 1968 |
| Nationalization of 14 major commercial banks | 19 July 1969 |
| Second Irrigation commission | 1969 |
| National commission on agriculture. | 1970 |
| Events | Year |
| All India coordinated project for dry land agriculture | 1971 |
| ICRISAT; Intemational Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad | 1972 |
| Creation of Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) in the Ministry of Agriculture | 1973 |
| Started Agricultural Research Services (ARS) by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. | 1973 |
|
Operational Research Project
|
1974
|
|
Small Farmer development agency
|
1974
|
| Establishment of Regional Rural Bank (RRB) | 1975 |
| Establishment of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) based on recommendation of G. Gadkar Committee | 1975 |
| National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management (NAARM); Hyderabad | 1976 |
| Farmer Agriculture Service | 1983-84 |
|
Crop insurance scheme
|
1985 |
| Technology Mission on Oilseeds (TMO) | 1986 |
| National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas | 1986 |
| National agricultural research project (Phase-II) | 1986 |
| Tribal cooperative marketing dev. Federation of India Ltd. | 1987 |
| Special Food Production Programme (SFPP) | 1988 |
| National Academy of Agricultural Studies | 1990 |
| Agriculture research information systems established | 1995 |
| WTO- World Trade Organization, Geneva (Switzerland) |
1 Jan 1995
|
| Establishment of National Gene Bank at New Delhi | 1996 |
| Village gramin Bank Scheme | 1996-97 |
| Ministry of Agriculture | 1997 |
| Indian Standard Institute | 1997 |
|
Kissan Credit Card
|
1998
|
| National Agriculture Technology Project | 1999 |
| First Biotech crop. Technology approved for commercialization | 2002 |
|
Biodiversity Act. Passed
|
2002 |
| Intensive Cotton Development Program | 2003-04 |
|
The four erstwhile schemes of OPP, OPDP, NPDP and AMDP have been merged into one Centrally Sponsored Integrated Scheme of Oilseceds,
Pulses, Oil palm and Maize (ISOPOM) being implermented from 1.4. 2004.
|
1′ April 2004 |
| Inauguration of National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC) at New Delhi | 2004 |
| Marine Fishing Policy | 2004 |
| National Commission on Farmers (Chairman Dr. M.S. Swaminathan) | 2004 |
| National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) through World Bank | July 2006 |
| National Horticulture Mission (NHM) | May 2005 |
| National Rural Health Mission April | 2005 |
| National Floriculture Mission | 2006 |
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