Discuss the measures to overcome the agricultural crisis in India.

Following are the measures:

a. Increase investment in developing agricultural infrastructure, with proper irrigation facility and an urgent need for technological up- gradation in the agricultural sector

b. Providing easy sources of finance to farmers through formal institutions

c. Marketing and pricing reforms, creating an infrastructure where farmers can sell their produce at right prices

d. Providing crop insurance to farmers in case of failure of crops due to uncontrollable circumstances.

e. Teaching new methods of cultivation and counselling farmers during the entire process of farming

f. Regulating the informal sector of finance