Subsidy The reforms in areas like land ownership, crop subsidy and sale of I farm produce are considered to be the institutional reforms in India.

Following institutional reforms have taken place in Indian Agriculture:

The government has abolished the zamindari system to stop the exploitation of farmers. It has framed the Land Tenancy Act under the concept of ‘land to the tiller’. This law gives the tillers to own the land on which they are tilling. The disparity among the landowners has been removed by Land Ceiling Act. Farmers are given financial help for crop subsidy by Kisan Credit Card and f by Nationalized and Cooperative Banks.

Under Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana), farmers can get their crops insured. The government provides financial assistance farmers in case the crops fail due to natural calamities like floods and famines. The government has developed a system to conduct open auction for the sale of farm products in the marketing yards. This system is transportation and communication, etc. are been provided so that the farmers can get the minimum support price of their farm products.

Following organizations are operating for the purchase of the farm products from the farmers at support prices :

1. National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).
2. Gujarat Co-operative Oil Seeds Growers Federation (GROFED).
3. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).