New Delhi: The fisheries sector has demonstrated double-digit average annual growth of 10.87 per cent since 2014-15 with record fish production of 145 lakh tons during 2020-21, said the Economic Survey for 2021-22 tabled in Parliament on Monday.
The share of the agriculture and allied sector in total Gross Value Added (GVA) improved to 20.2 per cent in the year 2020-21 and 18.8 per cent in 2021-22, the survey said, stating that livestock, dairying and fisheries were the major contributors of the overall growth trajectory.
Economic survey: Fisheries sector grows at 10.87 per cent
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