date:Aug 25, 2012
sell at that price.
The agriculture sector has grown at an average of 3.3% per annum in the Eleventh Five Year Plan as compared to 2.3% during Tenth Five Year Plan. The total number of cultivators has also increased since 1951.
In addition, the government is implementing various programmes / schemes, inter alia, with the objective of improving productivity, profitability and economic viability of farming which includes Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), National Food Security Mission (NFSM