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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state government has planned to double the income of farmers by 2022
A
Madhya Pradesh
B
Andhra Pradesh
C
Odisha
D
Rajasthan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Increased from Rs. 8.5 lakh crore in 2015-16 with a target to reach Rs. 18.5 lakh crore in 2022-23.

Detailed explanation-2: -The benchmark estimated annual income was Rs 96, 703 in 2015-16 which was taken as a base year. This comes to Rs 8, 059 per month. As such, the target income for doubling by 2022 is Rs 21, 146 per month (taking inflation also into account).

Detailed explanation-3: -By its data, real farm income per cultivator had increased by a paltry 0.44% per year between 2011-12 and 2015-16, as against a 7.5% increase between 2004-05 and 2011-12. It had declined 0.55% per year between 1999-00 and 2004-05, during the term of the first National Democratic Alliance (NDA-1) government.

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