International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development
2025, Vol. 8, Issue 8, Part H
Trends in public expenditure in agriculture in Maharashtra
Hake AD, Thorat VA and Diwate SA
The public expenditure in agriculture grew at the rate of 0.92 per cent per annum but it was non significant. The growth in of public expenditure on agriculture ranged from -7.11 to 6.03 per cent per annum in different divisions. This suggested that there was no even distribution of public expenditure among the different divisions. The expenditure in agriculture has always been small due to the deficiency of resources, it is considered as major hurdle in financing the agriculture which must be increased by incinerating alternative development model to attract long term investment in agriculture which leads to overall economic development of the state. As the public expenditure in agriculture increased marginally by 0.92 per cent per annum though non significant.
Among the different divisions significantly highest growth rate was registered in Nagpur division 6.03 per cent per annum, followed by Pune 5.31 per cent and Amravati 3.59 per cent. However, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Nashik divisions registered negative growth rate of (-)7.11 and (-)2.59 per cent per annum, respectively. The public expenditure in agriculture marginally increased by 2.39 per cent per annum in Konkan division. This revealed that public expenditure was not evenly distributed among the different divisions in Maharashtra state.
Hake AD, Thorat VA, Diwate SA. Trends in public expenditure in agriculture in Maharashtra. Int J Agric Extension Social Dev 2025;8(8):551-553. DOI: 10.33545/26180723.2025.v8.i8h.2322
