India has made a tremendous growth on the agriculture after independence. This was a result of numerousprograms implemented to increase the productivity during five year plans. Agriculture is the true heartbeat of our economy as it contributes into the major part ofIndia’s GDP.Productivity increased after independence but has been declining over last few years.The decline in productivity can be attributed to number of factors such as illiteracy, inadequate marketing of agricultural products, insufficient finance and wrong methods of cultivation. In addition to above mentioned reasons, the average size of the farms is very small which in turn has resulted in low productivity. Also the sector has not adopted modern technology and agricultural practices which has restricted the productivity. Insufficient irrigation facilities has made farmers dependent on rainfall, which is however very unpredictable.