AGRICULTURE AND FOOD MANAGEMENT (VIEW OF ECONOMIC SURVEY)

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• The Agriculture sector experienced buoyant growth in past two years, accounting for a sizeable 18.8% (2021-22) in Gross Value Added (GVA) of the country registering a growth of 3.6% in 2020-21 and 3.9% in 2021-22.
  
  
• Minimum Support Price (MSP) policy is being used to promote crop diversification.
  
  
• Net receipts from crop production have increased by 22.6% in the latest Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) compared to SAS Report of 2014.
  
  
• Allied sectors including animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries are steadily emerging to be high growth sectors and major drivers of overall growth in agriculture sector.
  
  
• The Livestock sector has grown at a CAGR of 8.15% over the last five years ending 2019-20. It has been a stable source of income across groups of agricultural households accounting for about 15% of their average monthly income.
  
  
• Government facilitates food processing through various measures of infrastructure development, subsidized transportation and support for formalization of micro food enterprises.
  
  
• India runs one of the largest food management programmes in the world.
  
  
• Government has further extended the coverage of food security network through schemes like PM Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY).