The elusive 4% agricultural growth

Since the economic reforms started, India has been targeting 4% growth in agriculture GDP to ensure that the reform and growth process is inclusive. But so far, except during the initial years of 1992-96, when agri-GDP did grow by 4.8% per annum, the overall target of 4% in agri-growth has remained elusive. For the full decade of 1990s, i.e., from 1991-92 to 2000-01, the average annual rate of growth of agri-GDP was only 2.8%, and during the decade of 2000s, i.e., from 2001-02 to 2011-12, it was 3.2%.

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