Lok Sabha Question No. 222 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Share of Agricultural Sector  in GDP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.222

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  11 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## SHARE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN GDP

## 222.   PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the share of agricultural sector has increased in the Gross Domestic Product of the country over the years;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  estimate  of  the  said  share  during  the  years 2014-2015 and 2018-2019;
- (c) whether there is a difference in the quantum of increase in gross domestic product and in the quality of agricultural production; and
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): As  per  the  estimates  released  by  Central  Statistics  Office  (CSO),  Ministry  of Statistics and Programme Implementation on  28 th November, 2018, the share of Agriculture and Allied Sectors in Gross Value Added  (GVA) of the country has declined from 18.2% in 2014-15 to 17.1% in 2017-18 at current prices. The share of GVA of agriculture and allied sector to GVA of Total economy for the last four years at current prices is given as under:

( in percent)

| Year     | Share of GVA of Agriculture and Allied sector to Total Economy   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15  | 18.2                                                             |
| 2015-16  | 17.7                                                             |
| 2016-17  | 17.9                                                             |
| 2017-18  | 17.1                                                             |
| 2018-19* | NA                                                               |

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), M/o Statistics & PI

Note: * GVA data for 2018-19 has not been released by CSO, MoSPI

(c)  &  (d): Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP) is  the  quantitative  measure  of  a  nation's  total economic activity. More  specifically,  GDP  represents  the  monetary  value  of  all  goods  and services produced within a nation's geographic borders over a specified period of time. GVA does not capture the quality of agricultural production.

As per the estimates released by CSO, on  28 th November, 2018,  growth rate of GVA of  the  total  economy  and agriculture  & allied  sectors from  2014-15  to  2017-18  at  2011-12 prices is as detailed below:

(%)

| Year    |   GVA of Total Economy |   GVA of Agriculture & Allied sector |
|---------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                    7.2 |                                 -0.2 |
| 2015-16 |                    8.1 |                                  0.6 |
| 2016-17 |                    7.1 |                                  6.3 |
| 2017-18 |                    6.5 |                                  3.4 |

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), M/o Statistics & PI

As per the Fourth Advance estimates of production of food grains 2017-18, production of    food  grains  is  estimated  at  284.83  Million  Tonnes  in  2017-18  as  compared  to  252.02 Million Tonnes in 2014-15. Government of India has been implementing various schemes like National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Soil Health Management Scheme (SHM) to increase the production and productivity of agriculture crops.

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