Is the Government of India deliberately pushing farmers from agriculture to other sectors?

Yes. This is a quote from Raghuram Rajan (RBI governor)  . As countries grow, agriculture declines. What is special about India is that the exit of people from agriculture has not kept pace. Increasingly, people in agriculture are impoverished relative to those having jobs in industry or service. Unlike other countries, where people have migrated from agriculture to other sectors, India has not seen same level of migration.. (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/creating-manufacturing-jobs-is-key-says-raghuram-rajan/article4209719.ece) It is not efficient to have very large population depending on agriculture. In India disproportionately large number of people are working in agricultural sector. Most countries (read developed countries) produce the same amount or more agricultural products produced by India with much less number of people.. Reason mechanization, better irrigation, genetic engineering, technology in general. That has to happen in India, too. So people leaving agriculture do not mean lesser food production. But they need to be employed elsewhere. Being an industrial worker gives a better chance of getting out of poverty for a person. Economically it is too hard to get out of poverty by agriculture. As a standard text book says "Good harvest means prices go down and farmers get paid less, bad harvest may mean not enough to eat/sell". Agricultural workers are in even worse condition.   Such a change from agriculture has to be multi fronted - the wages of agricultural workers has to be increased by providing them jobs elsewhere by schemes like MNREGA (MNREGA did that in many states),  thus forcing mechanization and making it more economically viable. Simultaneously they (agricultural workers who may lose work) need to be given proper safety nets (like food security laws) and industrial training so that they don't starve / has to revolt. Large scale (mechanization needs that), 'scientific' farming by groups of farmers and need to be promoted and subsidized. Large scale farming makes it easier to be lend loan against. Irrigation schemes alone can change face of Indian farming (Gujarat style canal + solar panel idea can help to solve problem of electricity and water for irrigation). There is also dearth of industrial processing jobs. We need more food processing to happen in India near the farmers. Also corporations need to be allowed in farming sector in a partnership basis, so as to bring in investments.