India’s New Agricultural Journey: Beyond Crops, Towards Prosperity SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Indian agriculture has, over the past 12 years, entered a completely new era. Earlier, our biggest concern was ensuring that the country did not face a shortage of foodgrains and that hunger could somehow be prevented. Today, Prime Minister Modi’s visionary leadership and farmer-centric policies have transformed agriculture from being merely a “sector of production” into an integrated foundation for farmers’ prosperity, risk protection, nutritional security, green technology and rural development. For the first time since the Green Revolution, policy focus has shifted from simply asking “how much production” to deeper questions such as “what is the farmer’s actual income, how sustainable is agriculture, and how strong is the rural economy.” It is with this broader thinking that the Pulses and Oilseeds Mission, Cotton Mission, National Mission on Natural Farming, Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY), Khet Bachao Abhiyan, digital agriculture and research-led innovation are all being connected through one comprehensive vision for agricultural transformation and rural prosperity.