History Of Modern Agriculture in India

    

History Of Modern Agriculture in India

    

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Year	Event
1871	Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce  (DRAC)
1875	Indian Metrological Department (IMD) at Pune ( Maharashtra)
1878	Higher education in agriculture at Coimbatore
1880	Famine commission appointed
1881	Government of Indian started the Department of Revenue and Agriculture in provides
1882	Veterinary college established at Lahore ( now in Pakistan)
1890	Higher education in agriculture at Pune
1891	Dr. J. A. Volcker’s report on the improvement of Indian Agriculture
1901	Agriculture college was established at Pune, Kanpur, Sabour, Nagpur, and Coimbatore
1901	First Irrigation Commission
1903	Entomologists were appointed
1905	Established the Imperial ( now know as India) Agriculture Research Institute at Pusa, (Bihar) shifted to New Delhi in 1936
1906	Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
1906	Started Agriculture Journal India
1921	Indian Centre Cotton Committee
1926	Appointment of Royal Commission on Agriculture headed by Lord Linlithgow
1928	Royal Commission on Agriculture submitted its report
16 July 1929	Establishment of Imperial ( now Indian) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
1931	Indian Centre Lac Committee
1 April 1935	Establishment of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with RBI act 1934
1936	Indian Centre Jute Committee
1940	Monthly Journal  Indian Farming started by Imperial  (Indian) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
1942	Department of Food Created
1943	Great Bengal Famine  (Caused by Helminthosporium oryazae)
1944	Indian Central Sugarcane Committee
1945	Indian Central Coconut Committee
1945	Indian Central Tobacco Committee
1946	Directorate of Plant Protection & Quarantine, Faridabad
1946	Central Rice Research Institute ( CRRI), Cuttack
11 Dec 1946	UNICEF, Headquarter at New York ( International organizations)
1947	Food policy committee
1947	Indian Central Oilseeds Committee
1947	Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore
1948	FAO ( Food Agriculture Organization), Rome (Italy)
Jan 1948	GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), now replaced by WTO
1 Jan 1949	Nationalization of RBI
1949	Areca nut Committee
1956	Project for Intensification of Regional Research on Cotton, Oilseeds, Millets (PIRRCOM)
1957	All Indian Coordinated Maize Improvement Project
1958	Status of Deemed University accorded to IARI under UGC Act, 1956
1958	Spices and Cashew nut Committee
1958	Nalagarh Committee report ( or Agricultural Administrative Committee)
2nd Oct 1958	NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperation Marketing Federation
1960	First Agricultural University in Indian G.B.Pant University of Agriculture & Technology at Pantnagar.
1963	National Seed Corporation
14 Jan 1965	Food Corporation of India (FCI)
1965	Dr. B.P. Pal Became First  DG or Vice President of ICAR
19 July 1969	Nationalization of 14 major commercial Bank
1969	Second Irrigation Commission
1970	National Commission on Agriculture
1971	All India Coordinated Project for Dry Land Agriculture
1972	ICRISAT ( International Crop Research Institute For Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad
1973	Started Agricultural Research Services (ARS) by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
1975	Establishment of Regional Rural Bank (RRB) act 1976
1975	Establishment of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) based on recommendation og G. Gadkar Committee
1976	National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management (NAARM), Mumbai
12 July 1982	National bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumbai
1986	Technology Mission on Oilseeds (TMO)
1986	National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas
1986	National Agricultural Research Project (Phase-2)
1988	Special Food Production Programme (SFPP)
1 Jan 1995	WTO (World Trade Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)
1996	Establishment of National Gene Bank at New Delhi
1 April 2004	The four erstwhile schemes of OPP, OPDP, NPDP, and AMDP have been merged into one Centrally Sponsored Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm and Maize(ISOPOM) being implemented from 01/04/2004
2004	Inauguration  of National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC) at New Delhi
2004	Marine Fishing Policy
2004	National Commission on Farmers (Chairman Dr M.S.Sawminathan)
May 2005	National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
July 2006	National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) through the World Bank
2006-2007	National Bamboo Mission
2006	National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) on 03/11/2006