After government’s major thrust on agriculture in this year's budget, NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand has said that Agriculture growth could jump to 6 percent in year 2016-17 from 1.2 percent, at present, if monsoon turns out to be normal. He said that such a jump is possible as there is very low base due to poor monsoon in last two years. The Niti Aayog member also said that with the normal monsoon, the area under crop cultivation will increase and also the productivity.
Chand further emphasized that in past there has been such stances where agriculture growth has jumped sharply. And this time the government has ensured procurement at minimum support prices to the farmers in the eastern India which will also help in higher growth. He added that due to poor monsoon the agriculture growth was negative in 2014-15 at 0.25 per cent and in 2015-16 and it is expected to be at 1.2 per cent.
He also said that Niti Aayog will undertake a pilot project in about five villages in Bihar along with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on increasing the productivity of pulses. Food grains production during crop year (July-June) 2015-16 is estimated at 253 million tones, while as per the final estimate of Agriculture Ministry in 2014-15 crop year food grains production fell to 252 million tonnes from 265 million tonnes in 2013-14.
Meanwhile, the Niti Aayog has firmed up model guidelines that will encourage leasing of land between farmers and farming cooperatives to boost farming. It will legalise land leasing of farmlands between farmers and farming cooperatives, which will not only protect the rights of sharecroppers, but also promote occupational mobility in rural areas. The Model Act will soon be available in the public domain and state governments will be able to use the guidelines as well as modify them as per their socio-economic and political requirements.
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