Reversing the negative growth rate in agriculture during
2012-2013, Tamil Nadu clocked an impressive growth of 7.93 per cent in
the primary sector during the recently-concluded financial year of
2013-2014, with a record harvest of foodgrains of about 103 lakh tonnes
Giving the breakup of foodgrains production in the State - rice accounted for 61.92 lakh tonnes; millet – 37.77 lakh tonnes, and
pulses – 3.69 lakh tonnes.
During 2012-13, the total foodgrains production was just 56.05 lakh
tonnes, of which rice contributed 40.5 lakh tonnes. The rice production
figure, accomplished last year, is marginally higher than what was
achieved (101.52 lakh tonnes) during 2011-2012
The State’s overall growth rate (gross state domestic product) for the year was 6.13 per cent with ‘Services’ growing at 8.26 per cent and Industry registering a lower rate of 1.61 per cent. Compared to the country’s overall growth rate, the State has done better scoring 1.2 percentage points highe
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