Soil Salinity Issues in Indian Agriculture: Selected Observations

In the post-green revolution period, the agricultural production and productivity increased to high level. India achieved self sufficiency in food production in selected food crops. The technological advancement in Indian agriculture has brought several environmental issues, which are to be considered seriously. There was a positive and negative impact of agricultural development on environment. The government of India gave agricultural inputs at subsidized rate, this promoted use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation and other inputs. As a whole several environmental problems resulted from this agricultural practice. This paper has analyzed the environmental issues specially the salinity issues in Indian agriculture.