Economic Survey Excerpts

by Jatin Verma.
Illustrative Timeline of Consultations/Recommendations for Agricultural Reforms

S.
Committee/Report Year Chairperson/Author
No.
Expert Committee on Strengthening and Developing of
1 2001 Shankerlal Guru
Agricultural Marketing
2 Report on the Task Force on Employment Opportunities 2001 Montek Singh Ahluwalia
3 Inter-Ministerial Task Force 2001 R.C.A. Jain
4 Model APMC Act created 2003
5 First Report of National Commission on Farmers 2004 M.S. Swaminathan
6 Second Report of National Commission on Farmers 2005 M.S. Swaminathan
Towards an Indian Common Market: Removal
7 of Restrictions on Internal Trade in Agriculture Commodities, 2005
the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
8 Third Report of National Commission on Farmers 2005 M.S. Swaminathan
9 Fourth Report of National Commission on Farmers 2006 M.S. Swaminathan
Fifth Report of National Commission on Farmers- Volume I &
10 2006 M.S. Swaminathan
II
Draft State Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and
12 2007
Regulation) Rules, 2007
Chief Economic Adviser
13 Economic Survey 2011-12, Chapter 8: Agriculture and Food 2012
(CEA): Dr. Kaushik Basu
Final Report of Committee of State Ministers, In-charge of
14 2013 Harshvardhan Patil
Agriculture Marketing to Promote Reforms
Economic Survey: 2012-13, Chapter 8: Agriculture and Food CEA: Dr. Raghuram G.
15 2013
Management Rajan
Economic Survey 2013-14, Chapter 8: Agriculture and Food Finance Secretary: Dr.
16 2014
Management Arvind Mayaram
Economic Survey 2014-15, Volume I, Chapter 8: A National
CEA: Dr. Arvind
17 Market for Agricultural Commodities – Some Issues and the 2015
Subramanian
Way Forward
Economic Survey 2014-15, Volume II, Chapter 5: Prices, CEA: Dr. Arvind
18 2015
Agriculture and Food Management Subramanian
Budget 2017-2018- Market reforms to be undertaken and the Finance Minister: Arun
19 2017
States to be urged to denotify perishables from APMC Jaitley
Economic Survey 2016-17, Volume II, Chapter 7: Agriculture CEA: Dr. Arvind
20 2017
and Food Management Subramanian
Standing Committee On Agriculture (2018-2019), Ministry Of
Agriculture And Farmers Welfare (Department Of
21 2019 Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
Agricultural, Cooperation And Farmers Welfare): Agriculture
Marketing And Role Of Weekly Gramin Haats
Economic Survey 2019-20, Volume I, Chapter 4: Undermining CEA: Dr. K. V.
22 2020
Markets Subramanian
22 Parliament enacts three laws that usher in agricultural reforms 2020
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