Agriculture Agriculture has always significantly contributed to Indias GDP.

Also, India has been an agro-based economy, where till date a significant amount of population depends on agriculture for their living. In a country like this, liberalization bought about a lot of positive and negative effects on Indian agriculture. The two major issues faced by Indian agriculture in the decade were growth and production efficiency. Agriculture sector in India faced major changes due to Liberalization. Most of the impacts were positive and bought a new revolution in terms of productivity and quality of crops. This was supported by the use of better technology, new techniques and a rise in income due to agriculture. Some of the positive changes in agriculture due to liberalization are: 1. Use of new and better Technology in agriculture Liberalization transformed the Indian agriculture by the use of better technologies like new pesticides, fertilizers and improved crop varieties. These new technologies not only outperformed the conventional Indian methods but also took lesser time and efforts from the farmers end. What took hours to plough a field could be done fast with the help of new machines. 2. Increase in agricultural output With liberalization, the agricultural productivity increased drastically. The production of wheat alone was increased to 184 million tonnes in the year 1991-92- which was about 20 times the production 25 years before. 3. Increase in employment The agricultural product exports led to an increase in employment due to agriculture. Though, most of the employment was unorganized in the sector, still agriculture had a contribution of 52.1% in Indian employment. 4. Awareness Liberalization sowed the seeds of awareness for the farmer, not only in terms of exposure to global links of markets and exports, but also getting better prices of the crops. Farmers could now focus on cash crops that would yield them more money in the global markets instead of just producing crops to sell in the market. Also the initiatives like e-choupal and technology like mobile phones, have helped the farmers get real-time data about the weather, markets and what is best for their crops. 5. Improvement in Storage Facilities Since the crops are exported after liberalization, the storage facilities infrastructure in the Indian agriculture has seen drastic improvement. Although, it still has a lot of scope in terms of managing the inventory. 6. Input subsidies After liberalization, a lot of government initiated schemes have been introduced to encourage farmers to adopt new technology and to take the maximum advantages of the resources available. These subsidies provide a lot of benefit to the farmers and cater to their farming needs.

Negative effects: 1. Change in the crop pattern in country The crop pattern in the country has changed with more focus on the cash crops instead of traditionally grown crops. 2. Limitation of green revolution: Green Revolution was limited to states like Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradeshwhile most of the other Indian states are still monsoon dependent and backward. 3. Small Land Holdings Farmers with small land holdings are sometimes being forced to sell the land to support the industries that are coming up in the areas which were traditionally used for farming. Tourism The tourism industry in India is catching up to as the most attractive and vibrant industry. India has rich cultural heritage which carries its value worldwide. Not only this, the industry brings in a lot of foreign exchange to contribute to the economy. Realizing the importance and potential of the sector, initiatives like Incredible India reach out to maximum countries to make the place attractive to the tourists. Airline Industry India has been connected to a lot of countries directly after the liberalization. This has been a boom to Indian Airline industry because it led to an introduction of various private players competing for tourists. There are eight national private players in the airline industry today. It has also led to development of airports in various citites. These airports meet the world class standards to cater to tourists needs and comfort. Hotel Industry Industry in India' have supply of 110,000 rooms. According to the tourism ministry, 4.4 million tourists visited India last year and at current trend, demand will soar to 10 million in 2010 - to accommodate 350 million domestic travellers. 'Hotels in India' has a shortage of 150,000 rooms fuelling hotel room rates across India. With tremendous pull of opportunity, India is a destination for hotel chains looking for growth. The World Travel and Tourism Council, India, data says, India ranks 18th in business travel and will be among the top 5 in this decade. This demand is going to exceed supply by at least 100% over the next 2 years. (Source: Wikianswers) Infrastructure Development There has been a thrust to promote domestic and international tourism which has led to development in infrastructure connecting metros to heritage sites. Places like Delhi saw the development with Delhi Metro, commonwealth village- to attract international tourists specifically for the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Cultural Diversity Tourism is a great opportunity to embrace and understand cultural diversity, to learn from various countries and let them take back values from our culture. Negative Factors that hinder the growth Terrorism India has been prone to terror attacks and this is a major factor that affects tourism in the country. Women Safety Serious problems like staring, stalking and rapes have been repeatedly reported by foreign travellers in India. These have also gained heat in recent times due to a lot of blog posts going viral. This poses a serious question on the safety of women travellers to India. Language Barriers India is a diverse country and has a lot of cultures and languages. Unfortunately these create a lot of communication gap and exploitation of tourists in the country. Climate India faces extremes of climate that can be sometimes a factor that can discourage tourists to visit. Maintenance of Heritage