Lok Sabha Question No. 4542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Annual Growth Rate of Agriculture Sector
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4542

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28TH MARCH, 2023

## ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR

4542.  SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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

- (a)  whether it is a fact that the allocation to the Agricultural Sector in the year 2023-24 has been drastically cut down to 2.78 per cent of the total budget as against 3.78 per cent in 2021-22 and 3.36 per cent in 2022-23, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)    whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  the  average  annual  growth  rate  of  agricultural  sector came down to 3.0 per cent in 2021-22 from 5.5 per cent in 2019-20, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether the public expenditure in the agricultural sector has gone down to 4 per cent during 2021-22 in comparison with the last two years; and
- (d)    if  so,  the  action  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  towards  positive  growth  in agricultural sector?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d): The budget allocation of Ministry of Agriculture (including DARE) and Ministry of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  &  Dairying  is  2.92%  of  total  budget  allocation  during  the year 2023-24.  The budget allocation to agriculture sector was 3.90% during 2021-22 and 3.51% during 2022-23.

As  per  the  Second  Advance  Estimates  of  National  Income,  2022-23  released  by Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI),  growth  rate  of  Gross  Value Added of agriculture and allied sectors during the year 2019-20 to 2022-23 is as under:

| Year    |   Growth of GVA of agriculture and allied sectors (%) (at 2011-12 prices) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                                                                       6.2 |
| 2020-21 |                                                                       4.1 |
| 2021-22 |                                                                       3.5 |
| 2022-23 |                                                                       3.3 |

Government  has taken several policies, reforms, developmental  programmes towards positive growth rate of agriculture sector. These include:

(i) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN of Rs 6000 per year in three equal instalments. (ii) Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production, (iii) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), (iv) Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), (v) Special  attention  for  creation  of  infrastructure  through  Agri  Infrastructure  Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore, (vi) New procurement policy under PM-AASHA in addition to FCI operations, (vii) Kisan  Credit  Cards  (KCC)  offering  production  loan  to  even  dairy  &  fishery farmers besides agricultural crops, (viii) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs, (ix) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), which aims to evolve and implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to the changing climate. (x) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture. (xi) Benefits accruing under Bee-Keeping, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Blue Revolution, Interest Subvention Scheme, agro-forestry, restructured bamboo mission, implementation of new generation watershed guidelines, etc (xii) Focus on application of digital technology at all stages of agricultural value chain. (xiii) Supply of fertilizer to farmer at subsidized price so as to reduce input cost.

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