Farm sector projected to grow at 5% in Q4

Sector's full year growth is expected at 4.4%

The agricultural and allied sector growth is officially projected at almost five per cent during the fourth quarter of the current financial year and could be revised higher, when the first provisional figures come in May-end. 

Though agriculture growth at 4.98 per cent in the fourth quarter was lower than six per cent in the third quarter, it is still among the highest in   recent times.  During 2016-17, the agriculture and allied activities are expected to grow at 4.4 per cent, according to  the recent data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

However, with the final rabi estimates