MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI MOHANBHAI KUNDARIA)
(a):The average growth rate of agriculture sector (including agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishery subsectors) has shown improvement from 2.5 per cent during the 9th Plan and 2.4 per cent during the 10th Plan to 4.1 per cent during the 11th Plan. Further, for the 12th Plan (2012-17), a growth target of 4 per cent has been set for the agriculture sector.
(b): The previous 51 schemes of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC) have been restructured into 5 Centrally Sponsored schemes namely Mission for Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Food Security Mission (NFSM), National Mission of Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP), National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) and National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and 5 Central Sector schemes namely Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Marketing (ISAM), Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Cooperation (ISAC), Integrated Scheme on Agri-Census & Statistics (ISAC&S), National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) and Secretariat Economic Service (SES) and 1 State Plan scheme namely Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) to increase the growth rate of agriculture in the country.
(c): The details of current level of investment in terms of Gross Capital Formation (GCF)/ Investment, in the agriculture sector during 2007-08 to 2012-13 at 2004-05 prices are as follows:
Year Gross Capital Formation in GDP Agriculture Share of GCF in GDP Agriculture and Allied Sectors and Allied Sector of Agriculture and ( in Rs. crore) ( in Rs. crore) Allied Sectors(%) Public Private Total Public Private Total 2007-08 23257 82484 105741 655080 3.6 12.6 16.1 2008-09 20572 106555 127127 655689 3.1 16.3 19.4 2009-10 22693 110470 133162 660987 3.4 16.7 20.1 2010-11 19856 112877 132734 717814 2.8 15.7 18.5 2011-12 21185 135987 157172 753832 2.8 18.0 20.8 2012-13 23887 138196 162084 764510 3.1 18.1 21.2
Source: Central Statistics Office(CSO)
As per the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) document, the Plan will aim to realise public investment in agriculture to 4 per cent agricultural GDP.
(d): A statement giving scheme-wise allocation, release & expenditure during the last three years and current year is annexed.
(e): Government has taken several steps to boost the agricultural growth and make agriculture a major source of income for rural youth in the country, by increasing investment, improving farm practices, rural infrastructure and delivery of credit, technology and other inputs and providing remunerative prices for farm produce through increased Minimum Support Prices (MSPs), higher level of procurement and competitive markets. Further, several programmes/schemes for the development of agriculture sector are implemented in a decentralized manner with flexibility to State Governments to formulate and implement appropriate projects to suit their specific requirements.
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