Comparison Of 10 Major Budget Outlays For Department & Ministries In Agriculture & Allied Areas
The Budget outlay for Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare for centrally sponsored schemes has been increased from Rs 11295 crore (2015-16) to Rs 17902 crore (2018-19). The graph also shows the outlay for central projects and other expenditures.
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Department of Animal Husbandry, dairying & fisheries has also increased its budget outlay for centrally sponsored schemes 1101 crore Rs (in 2015-16) to 2863 crore Rs (in 2018-19).
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Department of Fertilisers comes under a different ministry but it has its direct impact on Agriculture. This year the outlay for fertiliser has been reduced from Rs 72415 crore (in 2015-16) to Rs 70090 crore in (2018-19).
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Department of Agriculture Research & Foundation has also witnessed fall in the budget outlay from Rs 4913 crore (in 2015-16) to Rs 2915 crore (in 2018-19). The other expenditures have witnessed a marginal rise during same period.
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Department of Consumer Affairs is also different from Agriculture ministry but bears direct impact on agriculture. The budget outlay for 2015-16 was as low as Rs 169 crore which has witnessed a major boost in 2016-17 and touched Rs 7029 crore outlay has come down to Rs 1690 crore in 2018-19 (all in central sponsored schemes).
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Department of Food & Public Distribution which also falls under different ministry has witnessed a boost in outlay from Rs 140429 crore (in 2015-16) to Rs 174159 crore (in 2018-19) in the centrally sponsored schemes. While the other expenditure remains negligible.
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Department of Food Processing Industries also falls under different ministry but has been a focus area from a long time. The budget outlay has been increased from Rs 489 crore (in 2015-16) to Rs 1313 crore (in 2018-19).
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Department of Rural Development has also its direct impact on agriculture and it has witnessed a major boost in all the budgets post 2015-16 fiscal. It has witnessed huge increase in centrally sponsored schemes from Rs 7691 crore (in 2015-16) to Rs 111925 crore (in 2018-19).
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Department of Bio-technology has also witnessed increase in its central sector schemes in the budget outlay. In the year 2015-16 it was Rs 956 crore which has gone upto Rs 1599 crore in year 2018-19.
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Ministry of Water Resource & River Development has witnessed fall in central sponsored schemes from Rs 4698 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 3178 crore in 2018-19 but the central sector schemes has witnessed relatively major outlay in budget. It has gone from Rs 1625 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 4772 crore in year 2018-19.
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