www.ijcrt.org © 2018 IJCRT | Volume 6, Issue 2 April 2018 | ISSN: 2320-2882 IJCRT1892307 International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) www.ijcrt.org 2005 Agricultural Growth of Southern States in India: A Ringside View Dr. P. Arunachalam 1 and Dr. M. Elangovan 2 Abstract Indian economy generally faces several resources constraints in various levels particularly in agriculture. The Indian topography supports the agriculture by plenty of the perennial rivers. In spite of it we find two-third of cultivated land in India is still depending on vagaries monsoons. India’s annual average rainfall is 650mm. The total rainfall received by India was about 1093.2mm in the year 2015 and particularly in southern peninsula received 201.7mm. Irrigation on the other hand helps the agriculture by reducing dependence on monsoon and also improves the agricultural productivity and food security in India. It is a network of major and minor canals from rivers, groundwater system, tanks, and other water harvesting projects. According to Agricultural Census 2010-11, India’s total level area under irrigation is 67 million hectares. Of this maximum 45 per cent is shared by tube wells followed by canal and well irrigations. The current debate on linking of rivers is expected to pave way to solve irrigation problems in Indian Agriculture. Nevertheless, the agriculture still more is questionable in Indian scenario. Therefore this study seeks to analyze the performance of agriculture in terms of growth in major crop production in the southern states of India particularly Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu during the last decade. This study relies on the secondary sources of data from the handbooks of statistics of RBI. This research finds that the highly volatile in nature of crop production during the study period and the major reason behind that is the gambling of monsoon. Therefore the researcher has suggested the future directions of Indian agriculture will largely depend on the domestic agricultural policy. The agricultural policy seeks to actualize the vast untapped growth and potential of Indian agriculture strength in rural infrastructure to support faster agricultural development. 1 Dr. P. Arunachalam, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Jaya college of Arts and Science, Thiruninravur- 602 024. kparunachalam06@gmail.com 9025993877 2 Dr. M. Elangovan, Assistant Professor, P.G. & Research Dept. of Economics, Erode Arts and Science College, Rangampalayam, Erode.