Subject(s): Agriculture in India in Costs. -- Farm income in India. -- Agriculture in Costs. -- Cost of production under farm management studies -- Comprehensive scheme as originally devised : Procedures for imputation of costs, joint cost, weaknesses and criticism of initial scheme -- First and second of the comprehensive scheme -- Present state of comprehensive scheme -- Structure and trends of cost of cultivation : State wise/ crop wise variations in structure of cost, use of labour and fertiliser, trends in cost of returns to cultivation, margins over cost A2, fixed cost -- farm size and economies of crop production -- Economic holding size in farm business income -- Subsidies, costs of cultivation and farm income : fertiliser subsidy -- Cost of cultivation and international comparisons : FAO study of cost of cultivation of paddy, ICA study of cost of cultivation of cotton, major methodological issues -- State of the Indian farmer and the comprehensive scheme : Data by CACP