India's agriculture growth not helping farmers, prices at 10-year low

Infact, going into the crucial 2019 general elections, this could lead to big worries for the ruling BJP

India's agriculture growth is projected at 3.8 per cent during the 2018-19 financial year, almost 0.4 per cent more than last year. However, the rise isn't expected to fetch any remunerative return for farmers for the second year in a row. 

Data from Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that Gross Value Added (GVA) for agriculture and allied activities in 2018-19 is expected to remain flat at 3.8 per cent, both at current and constant prices. This also suggests that farm product prices, which rose by just 1.1 per cent in 2017-18, would show a zero per cent rise this year.