ACREAGE SUPERINTENDENCE IN PUNJAB: IMPLEMENTATION AND INSPECTION APPROACHAnjil Kumar, Pawan Kumar Yadav and Ankit Kumar RaiAbstract Punjab is located in Indiaâs northwest. It is one of the smallest states in the country, containing 50,362 square kilometers, or 1.5% of Indiaâs physical area yet sustaining around 2.5% of the countryâs people. The Punjab State has a total land area of 5.03 million hectares, of which 4.23 million hectares are under cultivation. Agriculture is a lifestyle. Agriculture directly employs over 75% of its population. Punjab is admired by several Indian states for its outstanding achievements in agricultural development. During the Green Revolution, the country saw a significant growth in agricultural productivity, owing to a healthy combination of institutional and technical factors. Agrarian economy, landholding consolidation, reclamation of new agricultural areas, irrigation development, use of biochemical inputs including high yielding variety seeds, chemical fertilisers, pesticides, and mechanical inputs were all critical factors in Punjab agricultureâs rapid progress. |