Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministry has said India's agricultural exports rose 23.24 percent in value terms to Rs 25,552.7 crore during March-June 2020 as against Rs 20,734.8 crore in the year-ago period. It added that to promote farm exports, a ‘comprehensive action plan’ has been prepared under which 'export promotion forums' are being created and existing agri-clusters are being strengthened besides identifying certain destinations for promotion of agricultural exports.
It also said promotion of farm exports is extremely important not only for earning precious foreign exchange for the country but also for achieving the goal of an 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', for which self-reliant agriculture is critical. It noted that ‘Even during the difficult time of pandemic lockdown, India took care not to disturb the world food supply chain and continued to export’.
According to the ministry, ‘clear and proactive interventions’ are required to be taken to ensure India becomes a top exporting nation in agriculture commensurate with the production. India holds second rank in world's wheat production, but ranks 34th in exports. Similarly, despite being ranked third in vegetable production in the world, India's export ranking is 14th. Same is the case for fruits, where India is the second largest producer in the world, but export rank is 23rd.
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