NDA government in the first term had set out the target to DOUBLE the farmers’ income by 2022. Steps were taken by the government to increase the incomeimprovement in crop productivityimprovement in livestock productivityresource use efficiency or savings in the cost of productionincrease in the cropping intensitydiversification towards high-value cropsimprovement in real prices received by farmersThe shift from FARM to non-farm occupations.Importance of Agriculture:Contribution to GDP(About one-fifth)Contribution to Employment: Agriculture provides livelihood to more than half of the population (about 60 percent).Contribution to TradeIt is also an important source of raw MATERIAL for a vast segment of the industry.