The Government of West Bengal has always endeavoured to set up the right kind of business climate to motivate investments in the State. In this regard, it has made several policy announcements, from time to time. These policy documents envisage the incentives and schemes for the investors. They seek to remove various road blocks in the industrial development of the State.

The major policy of the State is the Agricultural Policy, which has been formulated with a view to raise agricultural production and productivity vertically through wider adoption of appropriate eco-system-specific and cost effective technology. The other objectives of the policy are to:-

• Bring more area under high yielding variety (HYV), hybrid and improved varieties of crops;



• Strengthen the seed certification and seed testing functionaries, and increase the timely supply of certified seed;



• Emphasize increased production of pulses and oilseeds in non-traditional areas and non- conventional seasons, by utilizing residual moisture and improving productivity with right application of available technology;



• Encourage small and marginal farmers so as to maintain the increased production tempo by providing different inputs on subsidy reasonable price;



• Intensify agricultural programme in the low productive and inaccessible areas with special reference to coastal saline zone, undulating red and lateritic zone, Tista Tera alluvial zone, etc;



• Encourage the farmers for mechanization through the use of agricultural implements and machines for timely farm operation, and reducing cost of cultivation;



• Emphasize maintenance of soil health, more use of bio-fertilizers, green manure and farm yard manure, balanced nutrition, consumptive use of irrigation water and conservation of surface water;



• Extend soil testing facilities upto district level for proper use of fertilizer;



• Strengthen and activate Agricultural Extension Service, including training and visit system, to intensify linkage between research and extension workers;



• Manage crisis in the event of natural calamities;



• Create employment opportunities to improve the socio-economic status of the farmers and remove sub-regional disparity;



• Fully exploit the surface water potential and reduce indiscriminate use of ground water, as far as practicable;



• Promote post-harvest technology for reducing loss and better marketability;



• Maintain nutrient reserve pool of the soil by properly maintaining soil humus;



• Bring cultivable waste land and fallow land under cultivation;



• Emphasize the concept of zero tillage/minimum tillage in vulnerable areas; etc.
  
  

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