Drought spoils farm sector's dream run

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Drought spoils farm sector's dream run [1]

The agriculture sector witnessed record foodgrains output of 257.44 million tonnes in this year enabling the country to become world's largest rice exporter for the first time, but the monsoon played spoilsport dashing farmers' hopes of an encore in 2013.

A hefty increase of Rs 1 lakh crore in farm credit target to Rs 5.75 lakh crore was a major highlight for the sector in 2012, while the continuing farmers suicide and the reports of a Parliamentary panel and a Supreme Court appointed committee recommending ban on field trial in GM crops were setbacks.

Publication Date:

27/12/2012

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]

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India [3], Drought [4], Agriculture [5], Farmers [6], GM Crops [7], Rice [8], Wheat [9], Maharashtra [10], Karnataka [11], Gujarat [12], Rajasthan [13], National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) [14], Food Security [15], Public Distribution System (PDS) [16], Ministry Of Agriculture [17], Natural Disasters [18]

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