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Agriculture Sector: Highlights
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....griculture Sector: Highlights <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 9-7-2014<br><BR>* 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 worl....
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....d in productivity of grapes, banana, cassava, peas, and papaya. * Agriculture sector growth rate 4.7% in the year 2013-14 * Area under foodgrains 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 foodgrains in the Central Pool stood at 69.84 million tonnes as on June 1, 2014 * Net availa....
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....bility of foodgrains increased by 15% to 229.1 million tonnes in 2013 * Per capita net availability of foodgrains 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....
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.... 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 ₹ 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 201....
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