The agricultural sector of India, which witnessed a spectacular achievement in the production of foodgrains and other commodities over the last fifty years, is at the crossroads today. The crop holiday, which is never heard in the history of Indian agriculture, declared by the farmers neither belongs to rainfed areas nor the drought-prone regions but are from the districts of highly irrigated regions in Andhra Pradesh. The farmers leading the crop holiday campaign have also urged their peers in Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to go on crop holiday so as to protest against the poor remuneration from paddy cultivation. Crop holiday is an issue which emerged only very recently in Indian agriculture. There could be many other new issues besides crop holiday that can also hamper the foodgrains production. Changes in land use pattern, irrigated area and area allotted for different foodgrain crop are important factors expected to affect the production of foodgrains.