Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the agriculture sector will be the top priority for the government because the country’s economic growth is not “justifiable and equitable” unless the benefits are “clear and evident” in the farm sector.Therefore, the government’s priority is to make sure the advantage reach to the farmers and the growth is visible even in the farm sector, he said at an event here.
According to latest reports from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the country’s economic growth is supposed to slow to a four-year low of 6.5 percent in FY18, the lowest under the BJP -led government, mainly due to the poor performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The Central Statistics Office CSO has marked farm and allied sector growth to slow to 2.1 percent in the current fiscal year from 4.9 percent in the preceding year.
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the growth is benefiting people in different sectors.But a large area of population is dependent on the agriculture sector and unless the gains are clear and evident, the (economic) growth is not justifiable and equitable, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
