Several significant initiatives have been taken in recent years by the Government in order to reverse the downward trend in agricultural production. Some of these important initiatives include:

• Bharat Nirman;
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme;
• National Horticulture Mission;
• Expansion of Institutional Credit to Farmers;
• Establishment of the National Bee Board;
• Establishment of the National Rainfed Area Authority;
• Establishment of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB);
• Watershed Development and Micro Irrigation Programmes;
• Reforms in Agricultural Marketing and Development of Market Infrastructure;
• Revitalisation of Cooperative Sector;
• Agri-business Development through Venture Capital Participation by the Small Farmer Agri-business Consortium;
• Reform and Support for Agriculture Extension Services;
• National Rural Health Mission;
• National Food Security Mission;
• Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana to incentivise the states to invest more in agriculture;
• Integrated Food Law;
• Legislative Framework for Warehousing Development and Regulation;
• Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPVFR) Act, 2001;
• National Bamboo Mission; and
• Knowledge Connectivity through Common Service Centres (CSC) and IT initiatives.

Integrated Development of Commercial Floriculture

Objectives:

• Improve production and productivity of traditional as well as cut flowers through availability of quality planting material and transfer technology.
• Improve human resource capabilities for growing flowers scientifically.
• Promote production of off season and quality flowers through protected cultivation.
• Improve on farm post harvest handling of flowers.

Pattern of Assistance: 

• Specific attention for development of traditional flowers.
• Strengthening of Model Floriculture Centres for additional facilities and extension of MFC in other potential States.
• Improvement in productivity and production through higher use of inputs and area expansion
• Assistance for off-season production of flowers
• Emphasis on on-farm post-harvest management of flowers.
• Encouragement for greenhouse cultivation of flowers.
• Farmer participatory demonstration of cultivator technology
• Dissemination of Information through training and media support