PATNA, MAR 11: Despite agriculture being the mainstay of Bihar’s economy, it has grown by just 3.5 to 4.5 % since 2000-01, while manufacturing and industry witnessed a decline from 6.59 % in 2000-01 to 4.17 % in2004-05, but the services sector posted a consistently high growth rate between 6.5 and 7.5 %.
The share of agriculture in the state’s economy has fallen from 48.8% from 1993-94 to 42% in 2004-05, that of manufacturing sector remained unaltered at nine% and services registered a handsome growth from 41.3 to 49%, according to the economic survey 2006-07 presented in the Bihar assembly by deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
The survey, the first presented in the Bihar legislature, said the total flood-prone area in the state was 73.06% of its geographical area and 17.2% of the total flood-prone area in the country.
Identifying recurrent floods as a major roadblock in agricultural development, it suggested construction of dams in upper catchment areas of Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and Mahanananda rivers to fight the menance in the long-run. In the short-term it suggested construction and maintenance of embankments along the rivers. Stating that tubewells accounted for 63% of created irrigation capacity in the state, the survey said a very high dependence on irrigation by tubewells and operation of diesel tubewells due to lack of power infrastructure in rural areas.
—PTI
The share of agriculture in the state’s economy has fallen from 48.8% from 1993-94 to 42% in 2004-05, that of manufacturing sector remained unaltered at nine% and services registered a handsome growth from 41.3 to 49%, according to the economic survey 2006-07 presented in the Bihar assembly by deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
The survey, the first presented in the Bihar legislature, said the total flood-prone area in the state was 73.06% of its geographical area and 17.2% of the total flood-prone area in the country.
Identifying recurrent floods as a major roadblock in agricultural development, it suggested construction of dams in upper catchment areas of Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and Mahanananda rivers to fight the menance in the long-run. In the short-term it suggested construction and maintenance of embankments along the rivers. Stating that tubewells accounted for 63% of created irrigation capacity in the state, the survey said a very high dependence on irrigation by tubewells and operation of diesel tubewells due to lack of power infrastructure in rural areas.
—PTI
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