Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare shared the contribution of the agriculture sector towards the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country.
As per the provisional estimates of Annual of National Income, released by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on May 31, 2021, the share of agriculture and allied sectors in Gross Value Added (GVA) of the country has increased during the last three years at current prices from 17.6% (2018-19) to 18.4% (2019-20) to 20.2% in 2020-21.
Livestock Sector
According to the estimates of National Accounts Statistics (NAS) 2020 for sector-wise GVA of Agriculture and allied sector, the contribution of livestock sector in total agriculture and allied sector-wise (at constant prices) increased from 24.32% (2014-15) to 28.63%in 2018-19. The livestock sector contributed 4.19% of total GVA in 2018-19.
Fisheries
Fish production in India, an allied agricultural activity, according to the Economic Survey, reached an all-time high of 14.16 million metric tons during 2019-20. Further, the GVA by the fisheries sector to the national economy stood at Rs 2,12,915 crores constituting 1.24% of the total national GVA and 7.28% of the agricultural GVA.
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