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Emerging
Crisis in Punjab Agriculture
I.
Growth Rates in Output and Income The growth rate in agricultural and total net state domestic
product (NSDP) and per capita income for the Punjab state and for
the whole country during the 1980s and the 1990s to examine the
economic progress in the state in the recent period are presented in
Table 1. The
growth rate of NSDP agriculture followed a sharp decline during the
1990s compared to the decade of 1980s. It is the first time since
the onset of green revolution that growth rate of agricultural
output in Punjab is lower than the all India level. When the current
growth rate in agriculture income (NSDP) is netted out for
population increase to arrive at per capita income, the growth rate
comes out to be less than 1 per cent. Similarly, the performance of total economy is also found to
be deteriorating and below the national average as is evident from
the growth rates in total NSDP and per capita income (vide Table 1).
This is a depressing picture for the state which has enjoyed much
higher growth rate than national average for a long time. |
