NITI Aayog to rank states on measures taken to increase farmers' income

The NITI Aayog is working on this project with other stakeholder ministries and has developed several indices to rank states annually on measurable parameters

In a bid to keep track of the measures taken by states to increase farmers' income, the government has decided to rank them based on their performance on farm sector policies, according to a report in The Economic Times. This, the government believes, will help it understand better the agriculture transformation happening across diverse regions.

The report said NITI Aayog is working to develop the Agriculture Transformation Index, which will measure the performance of states on seven points – inputs, sustainability, productivity and diversification, policy, preservation, processing and exports, and farmers’ income and welfare.

"The index is aimed at capturing the