 bill no 6 of  2007 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2007 byms ingrid mcleod, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of india be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—2 in the seventh schedule to the constitution,—(i) in list ii, entry 14 shall be omittedamendment of the seventh schedule(ii) in list iii, after entry 42, the following new entry shall be inserted, namely:—5"42a agriculture, including agricultural education and research, protection against pests and prevention of plant diseases" statement of objects and reasonswith about two-third of our population dependent on agriculture and agriculture sector accounting for more than twenty percent of the gross domestic product, the importance of agriculture in our country cannot be over-emphasizedat present agriculture is a state subject included in list ii of the seventh schedule to the constitution as item no 14 as such, the union government does not have direct legislative or executive control recently a number of problems have come up in the agriculture sector, which have affected the agricultural produce, and in the recent years, agriculture has registered a slow and tardy growth in order to address the agriculture related problems, it is necessary that uniform measures should be followed for promoting agriculture and also for assisting the agriculturists throughout the country for this it is essential that agriculture should be transferred from list ii (state list) to list iii (concurrent list) in the seventh schedule to the constitution so that the union government may play a more proactive role in the agrarian sector and put in place farmer-friendly schemes uniformly applicable throughout the countryhence this billnew delhi;ingrid mcleoddecember 4, 2006 schedules seventh  schedule list ii      14 agriculture, including agricultural education and research, protection against pests and prevention of plant diseases       list iii      42 acquisition and requisitioning of property       ————abillfurther to amend the constitution of india————(ms ingrid mcleod, mp)mgipmrnd—28ls(s-5)—06-02-2007