Performance of Agriculture & Allied Industries Click to edit Master subtitle style

By: Apeksha Naik MMS- 18

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Agriculture
Major economic sector in India India is 2nd largest country in terms of

agricultural output

Important contributor to GDP Source of income of about 60% of the total

workforce in the country

Agricultural allied industries

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Agriculture & Allied Industries- GDP contribution(%) Agriculture & allied industries

contributed 15.7% in the year 200809

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Agriculture & allied industries

Reasons for decline in the GDP contribution:
Agricultural production is declining as a result its

GDP contribution is also decreasing

Whereas other allied sectors contribution to

GDP is almost constant in last 2-3 years

Increase in GDP share of Industry sector

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Agriculture- GDP contribution(%)

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Agriculture
Production of food grains and cereals has

increased from the last year

Production of horticulture crops, pulses,

oilseeds, sugarcane and cotton has decreased in the last year

Overall decline in agricultural production

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Forestry & Logging

It includes timber & non-timber forest

products

Non-timber products contribute more income

generation to forestry sector

Forestry & logging sector has grown at about

3% in the year 2007-08

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Forestry & Logging-GDP contribution(%)

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Fishing
Major foreign exchange earner Provides livelihood for over 16 million persons The National Fisheries Development

Board(NFDB) set up to realize the untapped potential

Indian marine fishery has 8118 km coastline 3937 fishing villages
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Fishing-GDP contribution(%)

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Fishing: Production(Million Tonnes) Year Marine Inland

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
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Total 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.6

2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9

3.8 3.8 4.2 4.7

Livestock
Provides 15-40% incomes to nearly 70% of

rural households around 3.8%

Livestock sector is growing at the rate of Contributes around 4% of total GDP It accounted for 31.7% GDP of agriculture &

allied activities in the year 2006-07

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Year

Value of output from Livestock sector(Rs. crore)

Milk Meat Eggs 295 310 1417 1417

Wool & Silk and Hair honey

2005-06107861 27484 5694 2006-07111396 28995 6223

2007-08115782 30306 6510

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312

1442

Growth rate of Agriculture & Allied activities (per cent)

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Reasons for decline in Growth of Agriculture & allied industry sector

Low agricultural production:
Illiteracy Insufficient finance Poor rainfall Inadequate marketing of agricultural products Insufficient irrigation facilities Inappropriate use of chemical fertilizers
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Share in total investment to Agriculture & allied industry(%)

Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
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Public Sector 24.3 20.9 17.6

Private Sector 75.7 79.1 82.4

Challenges
Urgent need to focus on research as well as

better agricultural practices

Production and productivity in pulses and

oilseeds are of growing concern

Better utilization of agricultural inputs Better irrigation facilities

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References
Ministry of finance website Central Statistical Organization website

http://business.mapsofindia.com/india-gdp/sectorw

http://www.bankbazaar.com/guide/economic-revie

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Thank You
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