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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: Mehta, Ved Prakash × Start date: 1982 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Predicatioin and Utilization of Credit N Sugarcane Growing Tract of Ambala District of Haryana State
    (Department of Agricultural Economics Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 1984) Mehta, Ved Prakash; Rai, K. N.
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    Predication and Utilization of Credit N Sugarcane Growing Tract of Ambala District of Haryana State
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar, 1984) Mehta, Ved Prakash; Rai, K. N.
    Indian Agriculture is undergoing a technological transformation. The on going revolution is indicative of increasing capital investment in the farm business. The scope of improvement in farm business organization. is increasing fast with the adoption of new techniques of production. The core of this new technology implies the application of heavy doses of fertilizers. intensive irrigation. use of high yielding varieties. insecticides and pesticides and other modern farm inputs which essentially assume the development of an adequate infrastructure on the farm.
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    Prediction and Utilization of Credit N Sugarcane Growing Tract of Ambala District of Haryana State
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar, 1984) Mehta, Ved Prakash; Rai, K. N.
    Indian Agriculture is undergoing a technological transformation. The on going revolution is indicative of increasing capital investment in the farm business. The scope of improvements in farm Business organization is increasing fast with the adoption of new techniques of production. The core of this new technology implies the application of heavy doses of fertilizers, intensive irrigation, use of high yielding varieties insecticides and pesticides and other modern farm inputs which essentially assume the development of an adequate infrastructure on the farm. The development of infrastructure which is pivot of agricultural transformation requires massive capital investment in the initial stages to effect permanent and semi permanent improvement viz., installation of tube-wells and pumping sets, reclamation and development of lands, construction of farm Buildings and other structures and the purchase of livestock, machinery and equipment.