National Commission on Agriculture was an

Indian Government The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

body that was created to find ways to increase

agricultural productivity Agricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to inputs. While individual products are usually measured by weight, which is known as crop yield, varying products make measuring overall agricultural output difficu ...

in India. The Commission was founded in August 1970 under the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

. It released its final report in fifteen parts in 1976 under N. R. Mirdha. It recommended water management, development of a number of farm related sectors including subsidiary sectors and promoted skill development and research.

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