In 2022-23, states decided to spend over half of the budget on agriculture and allied activities on crop cultivation. While crop output has been on a decline, share of spending on crops has witnessed an increase
The allocation is a xx percent drop from the over Rs 90,000 crore the government had spent on the programme in the previous year
Agriculture, as a percent of GDP, has fallen from 30 percent in 1990 to 18 percent now but the number of people depending on the sector hasn't fallen at the same rate. In a CNBC-TV18 interview, experts dissected what is wrong with the sector.