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Indian farming has done fetching well during the current period. The yearly growth has been 3.5 to 5 % during the previous five years and the growth broad-based both in terms of the production and regions. The superior estimates of farming invention for 2019-20 are confident and the development is probable to be more than 3.5 %. Food grain production is like to be 292 million tonnes (2.4 % higher than 2018-19), as per the second prior estimates. Moreover, then horticulture production in 2019-20 is predictable to be 0.84% higher than 2018-19. However it is to be noted that any difference in usual procedure may give some set-back to these assessment, predominantly the impact of late rainfall and hailstorm on rabi crops. Advance, as per the FCI as in March 2020, the stocks of rice and wheat in the central pool stand at 58.49 million tonnes, which is more than binary the prepared buffer-cum-strategic stock of 21.04 million tonnes. All these mark to more than sufficiency of the food furnish in the country. The lockdown in the come around of COVID-19 has disrupted financially viable actions and the furnish chains appreciably. The millions of public are contaminated with COVID-19 worldwide and the casualty toll is increasing fast. It is estimated the lockdown shall flat the infectivity curve soon and important economic activities and work shall be in place. In India, the speed of infection, unfortunately, is not that rapid due to timely interventions by the government, but the influence of COVID-19 coincides with the financial slowdown. It is predictable that the lockdown shall advance decrease the financial growth about 10 % or more. This is probable to have an influence on require for farming products, displacement of labour force and distraction of furnish chains. This advancement shall have implications for the social safety net schedule of the government. This scripture discusses some of the influence of lockdown within farming. The influence of financial slowdown on farming are also discussed.