Primary Sector : Agriculture — Economics STD 9 — Question

Nature still dominates agriculture in this country. It is said to be a gamble 

of monsoons. The rains are totally uncertain in India. Sometimes rains are insufficient or sometimes too much of rain resulting in heavy floods both of which cause widespread damage and destruction. Even after six decades of independence, only 40 per cent of the agricultural land has permanent irrigation facility. Other natural calamities such as hailstorm, frost or attack by pest and insects are also of common occurrence in India. All these natural factors always go against the Indian farmers in stepping up their agricultural productivity.