The government has invested around Rs.250 billion this year in agriculture sector, 80 percent higher than the total agricultural spending last year, and is also encouraging enhanced private participation in the sector, a senior official said Friday.
"This year the government’s investment in agriculture is 80 percent higher if we compare it with last year. It’s over Rs.25,000 crore (Rs.250 billion)," Agriculture Secretary T. Nanda Kumar, who is here to attend the Agro Tech-2008 fair, told reporters.