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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Gujarats agriculture growth in barren zone -Himanshu Kaushik

Gujarats agriculture growth in barren zone -Himanshu Kaushik

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published Published on Jul 10, 2015   modified Modified on Jul 10, 2015
-The Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has recorded a negative growth of 3.89 per cent in 2012-13 the lowest in the country according to a Government of India study called 'Agriculture Statistics 2014'. The study also cites neighbouring Madhya Pradesh as having recorded highest growth in agriculture and allied sectors in 2012-13 and 2013-14. However, officials are yet to finalize their conclusions as Gujarat is yet to submit its data for the year ending 2013-14.

According to the report, Gujarat (3.89 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (2.2 per cent) are the only two states to have registered negative growth in 2012-13 compared to the previous year.

Statistics show that the state recorded negative growth in four years between 2004-05 and 2012-13. The data on the state agriculture and allied sector released since 2004-05 also shows that the gross state domestic product (GSDP) has not remained constant. The years 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2012-13 saw a drop in the GSDP.

Officials of the state agriculture department blame a deficient monsoon for the negative growth, however neighbouring states seem to have done better despite deficient rainfall.

The registrar and professor of economics at Junagadh Agriculture University, R L Siyani says the negative growth at the current price is directly related to industrial output if the industrial output increases, the share of agriculture and allied sector in GSDP will also decrease.

A president of the Produce Market in North Gujarat says agricultural production had fallen during the 2012-13 period due to low sowing activity compared to the previous year, adding that the per hectare yield with the exception of the cotton crop is decreasing, resulting in low output. According to the state's director of agriculture, Bharat Shah, 2012-13 was a bad year for the state as deficient rains decreased the output leading to negative growth. "However, the data for the year 2013-14 is encouraging and the report shows growth to be in double digits," he says.

Minister of agriculture Babubhai Bokhiriya, when contacted said he would get the report checked as the total income of farmers from agriculture was running into 1,42,000 crore and therefore it was not possible for the state to show negative growth.

Officials say that the share of agriculture in the total GSDP of the state is only 16.16 per cent. Data shows that Madhya Pradesh has shown a growth of 31.17 per cent while that of Rajasthan is 11.16 per cent and growth in Maharashtra was at four per cent adding that the GSDP of MP has constantly been increasing since 2004-05 with the exception of 2007-08.


The Times of India, 9 July, 2015, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarats-agriculture-growth-in-barren-zone/articleshow/47996572.cms


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