As the economic backbone of India, agriculture is nurturing about half of India's population and continues to rule the game of food security and rural development.
The new 2025 Agriculture Policy is built on the pillars of five elements of sustainability, technology, infrastructure, income security, and market reforms. At the core is climate-smart agriculture and initiatives that Indian farms will have more than 50% climate-resilient practices by 2025. Some of them are sustainable irrigation, conservation of soil health, and watershed-based conservation programs to reduce carbon footprint and natural resource conservation.
Financial empowerment comes second. The policy fosters an advanced Minimum Support Price (MSP) system, income transfer with selectivity, and intelligent crop insurance schemes to stabilize incomes and reduce risk. Digital agriculture is being powered up through AI, satellite data, IoT sensors, and e-markets platforms, opening the farm gate to access to real-time information and improved price discovery.
Investment in infrastructure is also picking up, including rural logistics, warehousing, and cold chains for reduction of post-harvest losses and robust supply chains. At the same time, market reforms are enabling a Unified National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), contract farming, and direct buyer-seller connections, which is enabling producers with more freedom and better terms of trade.
The government's progressive policy also extends to small and marginal farmers, with the benefits accruing to them through land pooling models, easier access to credit, and scaling up of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
India's agriculture in 2025 is not only production—it's transformation. With digital innovation and sustainability at the center, the nation is rediscovering its future in agriculture with growth that is sustainable, resilient, and inclusive and securing a future of prosperity and safety for farmers
