Lok Sabha Question No. 5220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Growth of Farm Sector
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: MIDHUN REDDY, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5220

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## GROWTH OF FARM SECTOR

5220.    SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY: SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the target set for Agricultural growth rate during each of the last three years and achievements made in this regard, State-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) whether the growth rate of agriculture/farm sector has declined in the country;
- (c) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the target set for the growth of agriculture sector for the year 2017-18; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to increase the growth rate?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE (  SHRI

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): The growth  target  set  for  the  Twelfth  Five  Year  Plan  (2012-2017)  by  the  then Planning Commission was 4% for agriculture and allied sector. The details of 'expected' growth  rates  for  the  Twelfth  Five  Year  Plan  (2012-2017)  for  the  States  (including Chhattisgarh) are given at Annexure I.

The latest available details of the growth of Gross State Value Added (GSVA) for agriculture & allied sector (at constant 2011-12 prices) for the years 2014-15 to 201617, achieved by the States (including Chhattisgarh) are given at Annexure II.

- (b) & (c): As per the Estimates of National Income released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) the growth rate  of  Gross  Value  Added  (GVA)  of  agriculture  and  allied  sector  in  the  country  at constant (2011-12) prices was  6.3 and 3.0 percent for  2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively.    The  CSO's  approach  of  estimation  of  GVA  in  agriculture  sector  is predominantly production  based.  Since  2016-17  marked  a  record  production  of foodgrains and the base year 2015-16 (for calculating growth of GVA 2016-17) was a drought  year,  the  GVA  in  agriculture  and  allied  sector  recorded  a  high  growth  during 2016-17. In spite of a better agricultural output estimated for 2017-18, the GVA growth rate is moderate on account of the high output in the base year, viz. 2016-17.

(d):     The  growth  target  for  the  Twelfth  Five  Year  Plan  (2012-2017)  by  the  then Planning  Commission  was  4%  for  agriculture  and  allied  sector.  No  year-wise  targets were indicated beyond the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017).

(e): Agriculture  is  a  state  subject.  However,  Government  of  India  supplements  the efforts of States through appropriate policy measures and budgetary support. Government has launched several schemes to increase growth of agriculture sector in the  country  and  for  welfare  of  the  farmers  through  increase  in  production  and productivity  of  agricultural  crops  and  to  improve  the  income  level  of  farmers.  These include programmes like National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), National Mission on  Oilseeds  and  Oil  Palm  (NMOOP),  National  Mission  on  Agriculture  Extension  & Technology  (NMAET),  National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA)  and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) etc.

Further,  the  minimum  support  prices  (MSPs) of  major  agricultural  commodities has  been  progressively  increased  to  ensure  remunerative  price  to  the  farmers.  The budget for 2018-19 has announced that as a pre- determined principle, Government has decided to  keep  MSP  at  one  and  half  times  of  the  cost  of  production  of  the  ensuing Kharif crops also in line with that already implemented for the majority of rabi crops of 2018-19 marketing season.

## Annexure-I

## State-wise 'expected' growth rates for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17)

(In Percentage)

| Sl. No.   | State                   | Agriculture Sector Growth Rates Target by Planning Commission   |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 5                                                               |
| 2         | Bihar                   | 6                                                               |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh            | 6                                                               |
| 4         | Goa                     | 0.5                                                             |
| 5         | Gujarat                 | 4                                                               |
| 6         | Haryana                 | 4.2                                                             |
| 7         | Jharkhand               | 6                                                               |
| 8         | Karnataka               | 5                                                               |
| 9         | Kerala                  | 1                                                               |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh          | 6.5                                                             |
| 11        | Maharashtra             | 3                                                               |
| 12        | Odisha                  | 3.2                                                             |
| 13        | Punjab                  | 1.6                                                             |
| 14        | Rajasthan               | 5.5                                                             |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu              | 3.4                                                             |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh           | 3.2                                                             |
| 17        | West Bengal             | 2.5                                                             |
|           | Special Category States |                                                                 |
| 18        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 5.7                                                             |
| 19        | Assam                   | 4.8                                                             |
| 20        | Himachal Pradesh        | 2                                                               |
| 21        | Jammu & Kashmir         | 1.5                                                             |
| 22        | Manipur                 | 6                                                               |
| 23        | Meghalaya               | 2.8                                                             |
| 24        | Mizoram                 | 6.9                                                             |
| 25        | Nagaland                | 4.8                                                             |
| 26        | Sikkim                  | 4                                                               |
| 27        | Tripura                 | 5                                                               |
| 28        | Uttarakhand             | 3                                                               |
|           | All India               | 4                                                               |

Source : Planning Commission Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17)

## Annexure II

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.5220 due for answer on 27.03.18

Growth Rates of Gross State Value Added (GSVA) of Agriculture and Allied Sector (Agriculture, forestry and fishing) at 2011-12 prices for the years 2014-15 to 2016-17

(% Growth over previous year)

|   Sl. No. | State/Uts                 | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            | 3.92      | 8.13      | 14.03     |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 10.28     | -5.94     | -10.03    |
|         3 | Assam                     | 2.68      | 3.40      | N.A       |
|         4 | Bihar                     | -0.28     | 2.67      | 6.89      |
|         5 | Jharkhand                 | 30.67     | -25.83    | 11.38     |
|         6 | Goa                       | 0.11      | 0.75      | N.A       |
|         7 | Gujarat                   | 0.01      | -1.39     | 1.99      |
|         8 | Haryana                   | -1.92     | 2.90      | 6.40      |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh          | -3.23     | 3.84      | -4.98     |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir           | -10.91    | 24.89     | N.A       |
|        11 | Karnataka                 | 4.24      | -9.40     | 3.61      |
|        12 | Kerala                    | 0.02      | -4.11     | 1.92      |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh            | 4.66      | 1.76      | 26.91     |
|        14 | Chattisgarh               | 2.71      | 0.94      | 5.87      |
|        15 | Maharashtra               | -11.21    | -4.55     | 12.54     |
|        16 | Manipur                   | 1.95      | -8.27     | N.A       |
|        17 | Meghalaya                 | 15.29     | 4.45      | -7.61     |
|        18 | Mizoram                   | 109.57    | 3.72      | N.A       |
|        19 | Nagaland                  | 4.03      | -7.40     | N.A       |
|        20 | Orissa                    | 8.87      | -13.65    | 21.22     |
|        21 | Punjab                    | -3.50     | 1.36      | 4.46      |
|        22 | Rajasthan                 | 2.69      | 0.78      | 3.54      |
|        23 | Sikkim                    | 2.57      | -1.32     | 5.04      |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu                | 7.32      | 2.84      | 0.09      |
|        25 | Telangana                 | -9.68     | -6.54     | 14.93     |
|        26 | Tripura                   | 3.69      | -1.43     | N.A       |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh             | -2.02     | 4.31      | 8.87      |
|        28 | Uttarakhand               | -0.29     | -0.81     | 0.18      |
|        29 | West Bengal               | N.A       | N.A       | N.A       |
|        30 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 4.36      | 2.07      | N.A       |
|        31 | Chandigarh                | -0.25     | 0.71      | -6.31     |
|        32 | Delhi                     | -5.90     | 20.36     | -21.90    |
|        33 | Puducherry                | 10.59     | 1.70      | 8.15      |

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), MoSPI

Note: N.A- Not Available

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