The agriculture sector seems poised for a major growth push thanks to an increase of nearly 21.6 per cent in the Central Plan outlay for agriculture and allied sectors proposed in the Union Budget for 2010-11. This is the largest hike in budgetary allocation for this sector in recent years. Besides, the budget also proposes a four-pronged strategy to spur agricultural growth and tackle supply side constraints that have been responsible for high prices of food products in recent months. Several fiscal incentives h a v e b e e n mo o t e d I n t h e budget to impart sustainability to agriculture and introduce reforms in the marketing of the food products to reduce the wide gap in the prices received by the producers (farmers) and those paid by consumers. Sector seems poised for a major growth push thanks to an increase of nearly 21.6 per cent in the Central Plan outlay for agriculture and allied sectors proposed in the Union Budget for 2010-11. This is the largest hike in budgetary allocation for this sector in recent years. Besides, the budget also proposes a four-pronged strategy to spur agricultural growth and tackle supply side constraints that have been responsible for high prices of food products in recent months. Several fiscal incentives h a v e b e e n mo o t e d I n t h e budget to impart sustainability to agriculture and introduce reforms in the marketing of the food products to reduce the wide gap in the prices received by the producers (farmers) and those paid by consumers.