date:Oct 10, 2012
Capital Formation in agriculture. Already, the GCF has shown an improvement from 13.1 per cent in 1999-2000 to 20.1 per cent in 2010-11 at 2004-2005 prices. This momentum needs to be maintained.
The minister supported FDI in the agriculture sector. Recognising the need to step up investment in the agriculture sector, FDI is welcome for development of seed, post- harvest management infrastructure and now in multi-brand retail trading (MBRT), subject to setting up the back-end infrastructure. T