GVA during 2016-17 seen at 4.1%, due to record kharif crop aided by the best monsoon in two years
Maharashtra tops with 81.7% in NITI Aayog's new index; Puducherry, Delhi, J&K at the bottom of the list
Nomura report says farm sector could grow 4% in 2016-17 on a good harvest
Centre plans to set up a Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute in Maharashtra
Average delinquency rate for close to 12 months seasoned loans was 9% during 2009 amid deficient rainfall and low agri-GDP
The country's agriculture growth had averaged only 0.5% in the first two-years of the Modi govt due to back-to-back droughts