Report of the Parliamentary Seminar on Agricultural Administration

Abstract

The Government of India constituted the administrative reforms commission to examine the public administration of the country and make recommendations for reforms and reorganisation where necessary. In regard to the agricultural administration it was asked to study (i) the role of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and other ministries concerned with agricultural production, and coordination between them ; (ii) inter-relationship between the State Agriculture Departments, Community Development Organisations, and other organisations concerned with agricultural production in the state ; (iii) organisation for agricultural administration at the State and District Levels and (iv) coordination between research and extension organisations. The main motive was to examine the public administration of the country to make it a fit instrument for the development of agriculture on the basis of science and technology.