Surprisingly, production of meat which stood at 59 lakh metric tonnes in 2015-16 surged to 79 metric tonnes in 2016-17. The production of eggs too went up in the financial year 2016-17.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government might be listing agriculture among its topmost priories but the growth rate in farm sector has gone down by 1.61% for the financial year 2017-18, according to the Madhya Pradesh Economic Survey report which was released by the state government on Tuesday.
On the second day of the budget session, the proceedings of House were adjourned after paying homage to several departed dignitaries, including late assembly speaker Sriniwas Tiwari.
The report pointed agriculture in MP is heavily dependent on rains and traditional techniques which warrant heavy investments in the sector. Centre this year had attributed chunk of budgetary allocations to farm sector, and MP government, due to face assembly elections this year, could well follow suit with slew of measures to appease farmers.
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