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<p><strong>AGRICULTURE</strong></p><p>From negative agricultural growth around a decade and a half ago to averaging an over 10 per cent growth rate in the past decade, even clocking more than 20 per cent growth in some years, Madhya Pradesh has made the country sit up and take note. The turnaround has been brought about by government interventions as well as farmers changing cropping patterns and adopting newer technologies that are in vogue in the agriculturally prosperous north Indian states.</p><p>The net sown area in the rabi cycle grew substantially as the state completed irrigation projects planned as far back as in the 1980s and increased power availability for drawing sub-soil water. Interest-free farm credit and bonuses at the time of procurement, such as for wheat, made farming more remunerative. Farm incomes in the kharif cycle jumped with the introduction of basmati paddy cultivation in the central districts of Bhopal, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Harda and Raisen.</p><p>Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s gross state value added (GSVA) in agriculture shot up almost 70 per cent, from Rs 130,946 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 221,086 crore in the next five years, the most improved GSVA among the big states.</p><div class="itemcenter"><amp-iframe height="62" title="" width="320" sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" allowfullscreen src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014%5Cu0026native%3D1" class="mrBt15 preferred-source-banner"> </amp-iframe></div></p><p>Agriculture contributes about 45 per cent to GSVA while manufacturing and services contribute 20 per cent and 35 per cent respectively. Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s focus on agriculture is likely to continue as it remains the dominant economic activity that also has a crucial bearing on the state&rsquo;s politics.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Nov 27, 2020</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<p><strong>AGRICULTURE</strong></p><p>From negative agricultural growth around a decade and a half ago to averaging an over 10 per cent growth rate in the past decade, even clocking more than 20 per cent growth in some years, Madhya Pradesh has made the country sit up and take note. The turnaround has been brought about by government interventions as well as farmers changing cropping patterns and adopting newer technologies that are in vogue in the agriculturally prosperous north Indian states.</p><p>The net sown area in the rabi cycle grew substantially as the state completed irrigation projects planned as far back as in the 1980s and increased power availability for drawing sub-soil water. Interest-free farm credit and bonuses at the time of procurement, such as for wheat, made farming more remunerative. Farm incomes in the kharif cycle jumped with the introduction of basmati paddy cultivation in the central districts of Bhopal, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Harda and Raisen.</p><p>Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s gross state value added (GSVA) in agriculture shot up almost 70 per cent, from Rs 130,946 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 221,086 crore in the next five years, the most improved GSVA among the big states.</p><div class="itemcenter"><iframe scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="62" awidth="320" aheight="62" amplayout="fixed" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014" class="preferred-source-banner" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><style>.preferred-source-banner{  margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:10px;}</style></p><p>Agriculture contributes about 45 per cent to GSVA while manufacturing and services contribute 20 per cent and 35 per cent respectively. Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s focus on agriculture is likely to continue as it remains the dominant economic activity that also has a crucial bearing on the state&rsquo;s politics.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Nov 27, 2020</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

The net sown area in the rabi cycle grew substantially as the state completed irrigation projects planned as far back as in the 1980s and increased power availability for drawing sub-soil water. 

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Madhya Pradesh: Harvesting Prosperity

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Madhya Pradesh: Harvesting Prosperity

The net sown area in the rabi cycle grew substantially as the state completed irrigation projects planned as far back as in the 1980s and increased power availability for drawing sub-soil water.

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