Madhya Pradesh holds a better position in agriculture in comparison with several other States in the country and its growth in this sector is tremendous, said member of NITI Aayog Ramesh Chand while speaking with the media persons in the State Capital on Monday.
During the recent fall in the prices of pulses, the State Government remained in support of the farmers and procurement of wheat has been done appropriately to benefit the farmers.
To a query regarding onion, he stated that coordination with other States should be made better to check fluctuations in the prices as at the time when onion was around Rs 1 per kg, the rates in Gujarat State were Rs 6-7 per kg.
Ramesh Chand further said that the NITI Ayog has worked on 16 sectors and it is not possible to provide data at micro level of every sector. He said that the industrial growth and service sector growth is low as compared to other States but in comparison with earlier years it has improved.
He said that in Madhya Pradesh, around 70 per cent population is dependent on agriculture and has recorded good growth in respect with other States.
It is the only State in which MSP against the will of the Central Government has been given, he said replying to the query of Mandsaur farmer unrest and question on not providing MSP. To a question on condition of malnutrition he said that "we have not provided any data and analysis on malnutrition."
Ramesh Chandra said that the State lags in several indicators and is placed among the bottom three States in the country in a few indicators but the indicators on which the ranking was based were not revealed.
In the last ten years there is a substantial increase witnessed in the per capital income. In the State 31 percent population receives water through piped water supply system. The best situation is of Gujarat State where 95 percent population is provided water through piped water supply system.