Agriculture — Vol. 1 — Cropping, credit, procurement and the farm economy. A complete volume in the Anantam IAS series, running to 29 chapters across roughly 159 pages. Each chapter stands on its own, so you can read the book straight through or jump to the one topic you have not covered yet.
What is inside
Every chapter here is an article already published on anantamias.com, edited into a single sequence and typeset as a book. On the site you meet these topics one at a time, in whatever order search happens to send you. Here the whole subject sits in one place, in an order that builds. The PDF is fully searchable, so you can jump to a scheme name, an article number, or a case name directly.
Who it is for
Aspirants preparing for the UPSC civil services examination and state public service commissions, and anyone who would rather revise from one continuous document than from a browser with thirty tabs open. It suits a first pass through a subject and it suits revision, because the contents list doubles as a syllabus checklist.
How to use it
Read it once end to end to get the shape of the subject. Come back to the individual chapters where you felt least confident. Close to the exam, skimming only the headings and tables does most of the work. The file is free, so download it and keep it offline rather than relying on a connection the night before a test.
Full contents
- Green Revolution and Agrarian Crisis in Punjab-Haryana (UPSC Economy)
- PM-KISAN Scheme: Direct Income Support for Farmers (UPSC Economy)
- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY): Crop Insurance Scheme, Premium Rates, and the 2026 Extension
- White Revolution: Operation Flood & Dairy Development in India
- Food Processing Industry in India: Opportunities, Government Schemes & Challenges
- MSP & Agricultural Marketing: APMC Act, e-NAM & Reforms Explained for UPSC
- Contract Farming & Agricultural Reforms in India
- Fisheries Sector: PM Matsya Sampada Yojana & Blue Revolution
- Irrigation Systems in India: Canal, Well, Drip & Sprinkler
- Organic Farming in India: Status, Schemes, Challenges (UPSC Economy)
- MS Swaminathan: Father of Green Revolution — Biography & Legacy
- Golden Revolution and Horticulture Sector in India (UPSC Economy)
- Agricultural Exports: A Tool to Double Farmers’ Income (UPSC Economy)
- Agricultural Extension in India (UPSC Economy)
- Agricultural Reforms in India: APMC, MSP, e-NAM, PM-AASHA (UPSC)
- Agriculture Insurance and PMFBY (UPSC Economy)
- Fisheries and Blue Revolution in India (UPSC Economy)
- Horticulture, Rainbow Revolution, and Secondary Agriculture (UPSC)
- Agricultural Credit in India (UPSC Economy)
- Agricultural Storage and Warehousing in India (UPSC Economy)
- Food Processing Sector in India: Prospects and Challenges (UPSC Economy)
- Land as a Factor of Agriculture in India (UPSC Economy)
- Legalisation of MSP: Benefits and Challenges (UPSC Economy)
- Micro-Irrigation in India: Initiatives, Challenges, Way Forward (UPSC Economy)
- National Agricultural Market (e-NAM) in India (UPSC Economy)
- Role of Gramin Haats in Agricultural Marketing (UPSC Economy)
- Supply and Demand of Agricultural Commodities in India (UPSC Economy)
- Water as a Factor of Agriculture in India (UPSC Economy)
- e-Samridhi Portal: Farmer Registration, MSP Sale and Payment Guide
Free to download. The volume is refreshed as chapters are added or updated, so a later download may carry more than this one.
