TNPSC Thervupettagam

Negative growth rate in agriculture

May 20 , 2025 16 hrs 0 min 38 0
  • Tamil Nadu has experienced a negative growth rate in agriculture and its allied activities during 2024-25, for the first time in eight years.
  • Last year, the growth rate in real terms was minus 0.09%.
  • In the same time, the State had achieved a real economic growth rate of 9.69%.
  • It was the highest for any State in the country, also the highest for Tamil Nadu in the past 10 years.
  • Ordinarily, the component of crops, on average, accounts for 40%, with livestock leading with over 50%.
  • Last year, the figure of crops was 39%. As for crops, the growth rate was 9.5% in 2021-22 followed by 3.3% next year and 4.2% in 2023-24.

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