The overview of Government subsidies to agriculture sector in India

The agriculture subsidies are integral part of the farmers life in India.The agriculture subsidies plays very important role in agriculture sector in every country.The every year's government of India spends lot of money in various agriculture subsidies for growth of agriculture sector.The total arable & permanent cropland is 169,700 thousand hectors in India.The authors used only secondary data for research.This paper basically focuses on overview of agriculture subsidies in India with help of provisions of funds for agriculture in five years plans and annual budget.The authors also study types of agriculture subsidies and distribution criteria in India.Last few years the percent investment in agriculture sector is increases & percent of agriculture subsidies is decreases in India.To know the percentage agriculture subsidies in developed countries and developing countries, also number of dependent on agriculture sector.