Agriculture has been a way of life and continues to be the single most important livelihood of the masses. Agricultural policy focus in India across decades has been on self sufficiency and self-reliance in food grains production. Considerable progress has been made on this front. Food grains production rose from 52 million tonnes in 1951-52 to 265 million tonnes in 2013-14. It is important to throw light on diverse aspects of Indian agriculture through the prism of systematic organization and presentation of statistical data.

Season-wise Farmers/Area Covered, Sum Insured and Insurance Charges under National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) in India (1999-2000 to 2014-2015.

The Central Water Commission is regularly documenting water resources and related data in its publications entitled "Water and Related Statistics". The present handbook namely, "Hand Book on Water & Related Information" gives details primarily on the progress of major and medium projects.

Information System Organisation (ISO) of Water Planning & Projects Wing (WP&P) in CWC is a statistical unit of CWC entrusted in compiling data collected by CWC field offices
and bringing out publications for backing up data for planning and policy formulation and researchers relating to water resources. Among these publications the present one is on

Statistical Year Book 2015 provides both time series and cross sectional data covering various sectors. It includes all India time series data for over a decade and State level time series data for recent years. Further, to contextualize the performance of various sectors in India, chapter wise commentary has been suitably modified to include global and domestic environment, Government policies and interventions that shape up various sectors, international comparisons, historical trends etc besides current performance.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on status of power projects, 22/12/2014.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on conversion of waste land into agricultural land, 19/12/2014.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on adverse impact of global warming, 19/12/2014.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on conservation of tigers and Asiatic lions, 18/12/2014.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on minor irrigation projects, 15/12/2014.