Status of agriculture in India and different states 2024
As per the 3rd Advance Estimates 2023-24 released on 4th June 2024 by Department of
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, the area under commercial/cash crops
has been increased from 18,214.19 thousand hectares in agriculture year 2021-22 to 18,935.22
thousand hectares in agriculture year 2023-24. Evidently, the production of commercial/cash
crops (Sugarcane, Cotton, Jute & Mesta) has also increased from 4,80,692 thousand tonnes
in agriculture year 2021-22 to 4,84,757 thousand tonnes in agriculture year 2023-24. According
the NITI Aayog Working Group Report, 2018, the Demand & Supply of food grains is
estimated/ projected to the tune of 337.01 Million tonnes and 386.25 Million tonnes,
respectively, for the future year 2032-2033, which indicates that the overall food grains will have
quite comfortable position as far as food security is concerned.
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing National Food
Security Mission (NFSM) with the objective of increasing food grains production through area
expansion and productivity enhancement in all the 28 States and 2 Union Territories (Jammu &
Kashmir and Ladakh) of the country. Under NFSM, assistance is given through State
governments to farmers including small and marginal farmers for interventions like cluster
demonstrations on Improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system,
distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/ hybrids, improved farm
machineries/resource conservation machineries/ tools, efficient water application tools, plant
protection measures, nutrient management/soil ameliorants, processing & post-harvest
equipments, cropping system based trainings to the farmers etc.
State-wise Area under Food grains and Commercial/Cash Crops from
2021-22 to 2023-24 (in Thousand Hectares)
State 2022-23 2023-24
Food Commercial Food Commercial/
grains /
grains Cash Crops
Cash Crops
Andhra 3680.00 745.00 3328.00 450.00
Pradesh
Arunachal 237.07 2.16 # 0.00
Pradesh
Assam 2529.00 91.00 2579.00 89.00
Bihar 6258.71 270.42 6518.18 268.64
Chhattisgarh 4698.14 47.36 4727.87 47.42
Goa 35.12 0.49 # 0.00
Gujarat 4276.52 2664.80 4327.75 2884.94
Haryana 4522.34 682.36 4589.91 665.90
Himachal 691.67 1.44 691.76 1.43
Pradesh
Jharkhand 2044.77 0.00 2238.77 0.00
Karnataka 7739.00 1608.40 7375.00 1282.00
Kerala 193.52 0.94 256.34 0.72
Madhya 18262.80 687.00 17712.93 745.00
Pradesh
Maharashtra 11310.70 5541.74 10727.83 5671.49
Manipur 246.39 5.03 # 0.00
Meghalaya 139.09 10.01 # 0.00
Mizoram 49.31 1.47 # 0.00
Nagaland 302.33 6.93 # 0.00
Odisha 5106.27 229.83 5117.97 230.88
Punjab 6764.09 339.20 6819.20 303.70
Rajasthan 15026.27 818.14 14440.65 1007.95
Sikkim 51.56 0.00 # 0.00
Tamil Nadu 3866.46 332.24 3819.87 283.16
Telangana 5696.08 2000.90 5581.73 1845.00
Tripura 278.41 1.57 # 0.00
Uttar 20412.10 2797.55 20242.97 2530.00
Pradesh
Uttarakhand 748.33 47.00 707.19 91.27
West Bengal 6070.36 534.85 6010.06 507.73
Andaman & 5.54 0.13 # 0.00
Nicobar
Islands
Chandigarh 0.67 0.00 NR 0.00
Dadra And 18.63 0.00 # 0.00
Nagar
Haveli
Daman And NR 0.00 # 0.00
Diu
Delhi 27.48 0.00 # 0.00
Jammu and 878.47 0.23 # 0.00
Kashmir
Ladakh 15.82 0.00 # 0.00
Lakshadwee NR NR NR 0.00
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Puducherry 21.26 1.74 # 0.00
Others NA NA 2401.17 28.98
All India 132204.2 19469.93 130214.15 18935.21
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The Government has adopted and implemented several policies, reforms, developmental
programmes and schemes for development of agriculture and farmers directly or indirectly in the
country, including State of Maharashtra. The unprecedented enhanced budgetary provisions have
been made to facilitate the following efforts of the Government:
1. Income support to farmers through PM KISAN
2. Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY)
3. Institutional credit for agriculture sector
4. Fixing of Minimum Support Price (MSP) at one-and-a half times the cost of production
5. Promotion of organic farming in the country
6. Per Drop More Crop
7. Micro Irrigation Fund
8. Promotion of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
9. National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
10. Agricultural Mechanization
11. Providing Soil Health Cards to farmers
12. Setting up of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) extension Platform
13. Launch of the National Mission for Edible Oils – Oil Palm
14. Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
15. Improvement in farm produces logistics, Introduction of Kisan Rail.
16. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) – Cluster Development
Programme.
17. Creation of a Start-up Eco system in agriculture and allied sector
18. Achievement in Export of Agri and Allied Agri- Commodities
19. Central sector Scheme Namo Drone Didi
State wise production of food grains from year 2022-23 to 2023-24 (In Lakh Tonnes)
Sr. State 2022-23 2023-24
No.
1 Andaman and Nicobar 0.11 NA
Islands
2 Andhra Pradesh 121.49 104.34
3 Arunachal Pradesh 3.93 NA
4 Assam 59.45 54.61
5 Bihar 183.43 200.43
6 Chandigarh 0.03 NA
7 Chhattisgarh 108.93 107.02
8 Dadra and Nagar 0.38 NA
Haveli
9 Daman and Diu 0.00 NA
10 Delhi 1.06 NA
11 Goa 0.92 NA
12 Gujarat 98.75 100.79
13 Haryana 173.93 184.51
14 Himachal Pradesh 14.79 15.54
15 Jammu and Kashmir 17.63 NA
16 Jharkhand 31.66 35.62
17 Karnataka 141.81 127.31
18 Kerala 5.98 7.01
19 Ladakh 0.25 NA
20 Madhya Pradesh 419.32 398.43
21 Maharashtra 167.26 145.26
22 Manipur 4.43 NA
23 Meghalaya 3.39 NA
24 Mizoram 0.63 NA
25 Nagaland 5.14 NA
26 Odisha 90.73 110.00
27 Puducherry 0.66 NA
28 Punjab 302.36 325.86
29 Rajasthan 238.09 231.95
30 Sikkim 0.83 NA
31 Tamil Nadu 116.80 92.67
32 Telangana 193.75 198.37
33 Tripura 8.42 NA
34 Uttar Pradesh 575.09 592.91
35 Uttarakhand 17.71 17.34
36 West Bengal 187.74 188.18
Others 50.39
All India 3296.87 3288.52
HIGHLIGHTS
Statistical Report on Value of Output from Agriculture and Allied Sectors 2024
The current publication gives information on value of output from Agriculture and Allied Sectors
for the year 2011-12 to 2022-23. The key highlights are:
a. Agriculture and allied sectors accounted for 18.2% of the GVA at current prices in 2022-23.
However, the share of this sector in overall GVA of the country is showing a fluctuating trend
over the years 2011-12 to 2022-23.
b. The crop sub-sector remains the largest contributor of GVO of the agriculture and allied
sectors though its contribution has gradually declined from 62.4% in 2011-12 to 54.3% in 2022-
23.
c. Among the crop sub-sector, cereals’ and ‘fruits and vegetables’ together accounted for nearly
55% of GVO in 2022-23.
d. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest output of cereals since 2011-12, although its share in all
India output has marginally decreased from 18.6% in 2011-12 to 16.9% in 2022-23.
e. Output of ‘fruits & vegetables’, has increased from ₹287.4 thousand crore in 2011-12 to
₹434.7 thousand crore in 2022-23 at constant (2011-12) prices.
f. Although West Bengal has reported the highest output in fruits and vegetables in all these
years, its share in all India output has reduced from 13.9% in 2011-12 to 11.4% in 2022-23.
g. Gram and Arhar together accounted for nearly 59% of the output of ‘pulses’ group of crops.
h. Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest output in pulses during 2022-23. Its share in all India
output was 21.1% in 2011-12, which further increased to 22% of the all India output in 2022-23.
i. Groundnut and soybean accounted for the highest outputs in the ‘oilseeds’ group of crops in
2011-12 (nearly 53%) where as in 2022-23 Groundnut and Rapeseed & Mustard have accounted
for highest output (about 54%) in this group.
j. Four States, namely Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra together accounted
for nearly two third of all India output of Oilseeds
k. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of Sugarcane and alone accounted for nearly 41% of
output of sugar group in 2011-12, which has increased to 54.5% of all India output of sugar
crops in 2022-23.
l. The share of milk, meat and eggs in output of livestock sub-sector was 66.5%, 23.6% and 3.7%
respectively in 2022-23, compared to 67.2%, 19.7% and 3.4% respectively in the base year
2011-12.
m. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan together accounted for about a quarter of output of livestock sub-
sector at constant prices.
n. The percentage share of value of output from industrial wood, fuelwood and NTFP to total
value of output of forestry sector is about 68%, 20% and 12% respectively in 2022-23 as
compared to 50%, 32% and 18% respectively in the year 2011-12.
o. The output of fishing and aquaculture sub-sector increased steadily from about ₹80 thousand
crore in 2011-12 to about ₹195 thousand crore in 2022-23.
p. Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of fishing and aquaculture during the period 2015-16 to
2022-23 and, its share in all-India output increased from 17.7% in 2011-12 to almost 40.9% in
2022-23.
