11th Agricultural Census 2021-22
11th
Agricultural Census 2021-22
The Union Minister Narehdra Singh
Tomar launched 11th Agricultural Census on 28 July 2022. This agricultural Census was started in order
to encourage farmers and in a way it will be beneficial to farmers, as we say
that Agriculture is the backbone of India.
This year the survey was collected through via smart phones for the
first time.
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The
Agricultural Census will be conducted once in a 5 years
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The
11th Agricultural Census will start on August
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It
is for the first time that agricultural census will collected through phone due
to Covid 19 restrictions.
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The
main idea for this Agricultural Census is to increase the income of the farmers and
to empower the small farmers to cultivate on their own.
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It
is for reference that the Agricultural Census was taken by the Agricultural
Minister since 1970-71.
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The
last Agricultural census was conducted on 2015-16, until now 10 Agricultural
census have been conducted.
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Under this Agricultural Census, the agricultural
fund will be distributed to the farmers for their financial support. the Agricultural census have been conducted
under the supervision of World census of agriculture (WCA) which was put together
by Food and agriculture organisation (FAO) of United Nations.
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The
Agricultural Census was changed into Central Sector Scheme in 2007-2008.
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Under
the Agricultural Census the Central Government provide 100 per cent financial assessment
to the farmers of all the states and
union territories for the payment of salaries , fertilizers, urea, office expenses,
printing and etc.,
