⏰ Timeline
Timeline of major events related to extension and rural development.
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👉🏻 Important Chronological Events in Agriculture
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 900-1000 A.D. | Construction of Anicuts and tanks, Krishi Parashar and Vrikshayurveda, manuals on agriculture and botany written, a textbook on Agriculture prepared by Kashyapa by the name Krishi Sukti |
| 15th Century A.D. | Cultivation of Wild Brinjal, Pomegranate, Sweet Orange, Sour Orange |
| 16th Century A.D. | Introduction of several crops to India by Portuguese. They are Potato, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Chillis, Papaya IBPS 2018, Pineapple, Pumpkin, Guava, Custard apple, Groundnut, Arrow Root, Cashewnut, Cassava, Tobacco, American Cotton, Rubber |
| 1550 A.D. | Portuguese introduced Grafting technique in horticulture |
| 1820 A.D. | G.L. Blane constructed Western Yamuna Canal |
| 1824 A.D. | Journal of Agriculture and Horticulture published |
| Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) | ‘Upper Bari Doab Canal’ in Punjab was constructed. Improvement of agriculture started only in his period. |
| 1875 | Indian Meteorological Department established at Pune (Maharashtra) |
| 1880 | Famine Commission Appointed |
| 1891 | Dr. J.A. Volcker’s report on Improvement of Indian Agriculture |
| 1898-1905 | Lord Curzon. His period is called as ‘Golden period of agriculture’. ‘Great Canal system of Western Punjab’ was constructed. |
| 1901 | Appointed First Irrigation Commission (Chaired by Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff to draw up a comprehensive irrigation plan for India.) |
| 1901-1905 | Agricultural colleges (6) were established at Pune, Nagpur, Kanpur, Sabour, Coimbatore and Lyallapur (In today’s Pakistan). |
| 1905 | Established the Imperial (now known as Indian) Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa, Bihar shifted to New Delhi in 1936. |
| 1906 | Forest Research Institute (FRI) at Dehradun, Uttrakhand |
| 1912 | Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI) was established in Coimbatore |
| 1919 | Constitutional Reforms made Agriculture as a State Subject |
| 1921 | (ICC) Indian Central Cotton committee |
| 1926 | Appointment of Royal Commission on Agriculture (RCA) headed by Lord Linlithgow. |
| 1928 | RCA submitted its report |
| 1929 | Establishment of Imperial (now Indian) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi |
| 1931 | Indian Central Lac Committee |
| 1936 | Indian Central Jute Committee |
| 1940 | Monthly magazine Indian Farming started by Imperial (Indian) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi |
| 1942 | Grow more Food Campaign (Failed and again started in 1947) |
| 1943 | Great Bengal Famine – Cochliobolus miyabeanus (earlier known as Helminthisporium oryzae) is a fungus that caused Brown Spot Disease in rice |
| 1944 | Indian Central Sugarcane Committee |
| 1945 | Indian Central Coconut Committee |
| 1945 | Indian Central Tobacco Committee |
| 1945 | Indian Village Services established by A.T. Mosher (New York) and B.N. Gupta |
| 1946 | Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (DPPQ & S), Faridabad |
| 1946 | Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack (Orissa) |
| 1947 | Indian Central Oil Seeds Committee |
| 1949 | Arecanut Committee |
| 2nd October 1952 | Community Development Program (CDP) was launched |
| 2nd October 1953 | Started National Extension Services (NES) |
| 1956 | Project for intensification of regional research on Cotton, Oil Seeds, Millets (PIRRCOM) |
| 1957 | First All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Maize Improvement |
| 1958 | Status of Deemed university accorded to IARI under UGC Act 1956 |
| 1958 | Spices and Cashewnut Committee |
| Oct. 1958 | NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation) |
| 1960 | First agricultural university in India, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology at Pantnagar, on the pattern of land grant system of USA |
| 1960-61 | Intensive Agriculture District Program (IADP) |
| 1963 | National Seed Corporation (NSC) |
| 1964 | Intensive Cattle Development Project (ICDP) |
| 1965 | National Demonstration Program (NDP) |
| 1965 | First DG or Vice President of ICAR, Dr. B.P. Pal |
| 1966 | High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP) |
| 1966 | Directorate of Extension (DoE) |
| 1966-67 | Green Revolution |
| 1969 | Second Irrigation Commission |
| 1970 | National Commission on Agriculture (NCA) |
| 1971 | All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) for Dry Land Agriculture |
| 1971 | Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) |
| 1971 | Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labour Projects (MFAL) |
| 1973 | Creation of Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) in the Ministry of Agriculture |
| 1st Nov 1973 | Establishment of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) based on the recommendation of G. Gadkar report |
| 1975 | Started Agricultural Research Service (ARS)For the Scientific Personnel two Services, viz. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Research Management Positions (RMP) for conducting research and management of research were constituted with effect from October 1, 1975 and April 1, 1976 respectively. The ‘ARS’ was inaugurated on October 2, 1975 at NDRI, Karnal. |
| 1973-74 | Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) |
| 1974 | Command Area Development Authority (CADA) |
| 1974 | Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) |
| 1974 | Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK). Mohan Singh Mehta committee recommended (First at Pondicherry, under TNAU, Coimbatore) |
| 1975 | Started 20 points Programme |
| 1976 | National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management (NAARM), Hyderabad |
| 1977-78 | Desert Development Programme (DDP) |
| April 1978 | Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) launched in financial year 1978 and extended throughout India in 1980 |
| 1979 | Training for Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM) |
| 1st June 1979 | Lab to Land Programme (LLP), on the ICAR golden jubilee year |
| 1980 | National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) |
| 1980 | National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) |
| 12th July 1982 | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) |
| 1983 | National Agricultural Extension Project (NAEP) |
| 1983 | Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) |
| 1985 | Crop Insurance Scheme (CIS) now National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) |
| 1986 | Technology Mission on Oilseeds (TMO) |
| 1986 | National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas |
| 1986 | National Agricultural Research Project (Phase 2) |
| 1989 | Jawahar Rozgar Yojana [JRY] (Formed after merger of NREP and RLEGP) |
| 1989 | Integrated Watershed Development Programme |
| 1995 | Institutional Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) |
| 1996 | Establishment of National Gene Bank at New Delhi |
| 1997 | Swarana Jayanti Sahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) |
| 1998 | National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) |
| 1998 | Kisan Credit Card Scheme |
| 1999 | Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) |
| 1999 | SwaranaJayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) (IRDP, TRYSEM, DWACRA, SITRA merged in SGSY) |
| Rabi 1999-2000 | National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) |
| 2000 | Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) |
| 2000 | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PGSY) |
| 2001 | Sampooma Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) |
| April 2004 | The four erstwhile schemes of DPP, OPDP, NPDP and AMDP have been merged into one Centrally Sponsored Integrated scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM) being implemented from 1.4.2004 |
| 2004 | National Food for Work Programme (NFWP) |
| 2004 | Inauguration of National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC) at New Delhi |
| 2004 | Marine Fishing Policy |
| 2004 | National Commission on Farmers constituted on November 18, 2004 under the chairmanship of Professor M.S. Swaminathan |
| 2005 | National Horticulture Mission (NHM) |
| 2006 | National Bamboo Mission (NBM) |
| 2006 | ICAR launched National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) with financial support from World Bank |
| 2006 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) |
| 2006 | National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) on 3.11.2006 |
| 2007 | National Food Security Mission (NFSM) |
| 2007 | Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojana (RKVY) |
| 2014 | NHM merged into a new Programme Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) |