Tag «Agriculture Sector»

Economic Survey: Agriculture Sector: Highlights

Record food grains production of 264.4 mt in the year 2013-14 Record production of oilseeds of 32.4 mt in the year 2013-14 Record production of pulses of 19.6 mt in the year 2013-14 Groundnut shows the largest increase in productivity i.e., 73.17% in the year 2013-14. India ranks first in the world in productivity of …

Agriculture Sector Grows at 1.9% in 2012-13

As per the Provisional Estimates released by CSO on 31st May, 2013 this sector is estimated to grow at 1.9% in 2012-13 at 2004-05 prices and the contribution of agriculture to the GDP is likely to decline to 13.7 % in 2012-13. The decline in growth rate and contribution of agriculture to GDP is on …