 bill no xcv of 2006 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2006 a bill further to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2006short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force with immediate effect52 after article 48a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 48aa48aa the state shall take steps, by suitable legislation or in any other way as it may deem necessary and expedient to do so, to,—overall development of agricultural sector(a) spend an adequate percentage of its gdp (gross domestic product) on thepromotion of agriculture;10(b) declare agriculture as an industry and extend all the facilities enjoyed byindustrial sector in the country to it;(c) make agriculture export oriented; (d) ensure remunerative prices for agriculture produce of the farmers and automatically extend compulsory market intervention whenever there is bumper crop of any agricultural commodity including foodgrains, pulses, fruits and vegetables;5(e) ensure that farmers get timely loans from the banks and financial institutions to save them from moneylenders;(f) save farmers from taking extreme step of committing suicide and to extend welfare measures to the families of those who committed suicide and also to all the families of the farmers;10(g) ensure rapid growth of agriculture in drought prone, desert and arid areas by implementing watershed programme;(h) programme revival of traditional water storage bodies and rain water harvesting technologies in a big way;15(i) give agricultural workers all those benefits which are available to industrial workers;(j) raise the standard of living of agricultural workers and their purchasing capacity; and(k) introduce 'agriculture'  as a subject of study at all levels of education20explanation:— for the purposes of this article, the expression 'agriculture' includes horticulture, sericulture, poultry, rearing of livestock and such other operations which are based on agriculture statement of objects and reasonsours is primarily an agriculture country because more than 70 per cent of its population is in one way or the other, dependent on agriculture as cultivators, agricultural workers, small and tiny entrepreneurs rearers and so on so forth the farming community through green revolutions has made our nation self sufficient in food grains but their lot is far from satisfactory on the other hand most of the industrial products are based on agriculture because their raw materials come from agriculture but there is no comparison between the agricultural and industrial sectors the margin of profit and increase in industrial production is manifold whereas it is very meagre in agriculture this has brought prosperity in the industrial sector whereas there is poverty amongst the farmers who are exploited and debt ridden their inability to pay back their debts is leading them to take the extreme step of committing suicide in fact, agriculture despite being the backbone of our economy has consistently been neglected as meagre gdp is spent on the agriculture the agriculture is mostly dependent on rains as irrigation capability has not increased to desired levels hence, the development of agriculture has become very crucial for our nation the industrial sector must admit agriculture as a supporting partner and agriculture must be given the status of industry and all facilities should be extended to it, which are enjoyed by industrial sector the agricultural workers should also be at par with industrial workers with price index based salaries and bargaining power by forming trade unions and organized efforts so that they get a fair deal it is in the national interest that the standard of living of farmers, agricultural workers is raised to the desired levels by increasing their purchasing capacity, which is possible only through rapid growth of agriculturehence this billsantosh bagrodia———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri santosh bagrodia, mp)mgipmrnd—4131rs(s5)—8-12-2006