Current Affairs-Indian Economic Survey-2013-14-Agriculture Sector: Highlights

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 grapes, banana, cassava, peas, and papaya.

Agriculture sector growth rate 4.7% in the year 2013-14

Area under food grains increased by 4.47% to 126.2 million ha in the year 2013-14

Area under oilseeds increased by 6.42% to 28.2 million ha in the year 2013-14.

Stocks of food grains in the Central Pool stood at 69.84 million tonnes as on June 1, 2014

Net availability of food grains increased by 15% to 229.1 million tonnes in 2013

Per capita net availability of food grains increased to 186.4 kg per year in 2013

Agriculture exports grow by 5.1% in the year 2013-14

Exports of marine products show a growth rate of 45% in the year 2013-14

Milk production touches a record high of 132.43 MT in the year 2012-13

Contribution of livestock sector to total GDP was 4.1% in the year 2012-13

Year-on-year growth rate of milk production in India is 4.04% vis-a-vis world average of 2.2%

Credit to agriculture sector exceeds target of Rs. 7, 00,000 crore in the year 2013-14

Share of agriculture and allied sectors in GDP declines to 13.9% in 2013-14

Number of cultivators decline from 127.3 million in 2001 to 118.7 million in 2011