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The agriculture and allied activities sector significantly contributed to the country's overall growth and development by ensuring food security. The Indian agriculture sector has been growing at an average annual growth rate of 4-6 percent during last six years. It grew by 3,0 percent in 2021-22 compared to 3.3 percent in 2020-21. In recent years, India has also rapidly emerged as the net exporter of agricultural products in 2020-21, exports of agriculture and allied products from India grew by 18 percent over the previous year. During 2021-22, agricultural exports reached an all-time high of USD 50.2 billion. This period of buoyant performance could be ascribed to the measures taken by the Government to promote farmer-producer organisations, encourage crop diversification and improve productivity in agriculture through support provided for mechanisation and the creation of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. Income support to farmers through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) and the promotion of allied activities has bed to diversification in sources of farmer's income, improving their resilience to weather shocks. The production of food grains and Oil seeds has been increasing Year-one Year (YOY). Production of pulses has also been notably higher than the average of 23.8 million tonnes in the last five years. Changing climate has been impacting agriculture adversely. The year 2022 witnessed an early heat wave during the wheat-harvesting season, adversely affecting its production. The year experienced a decline in the sown area for paddy cultivation too the Kharif season due to delayed monsoons and deficient rainfall.