Economic Viability of Solar Irrigation Pump in Jaipur, Rajasthan: An Empirical Analysis

Abstract

Since independence, India saw a significant development regarding food production and technology. Strategies of the past, focused primarily on raising agricultural production and enhancing food security. These strategies involved using better technology and varieties for increase in productivity, increased use of agro-chemicals, fertilizer, quality seed, and irrigation; incentives in the form of remunerative prices for some crops and subsidy policies for farm inputs, etc. The strategies and efforts were fruitful as the country was able to tackle severe food shortage that emerged during mid 1960s. During the last half century (1965 to 2015), since the adoption of green revolution, food production of India multiplied by 3.7 times whereas the population multiplied by 2.55 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 10 Number 01 (2021) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com