AGRICULTURE WILL BE CENTRAL TO ACHIEVING VIKSIT BHARAT, DRIVING INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOODS OF MILLIONS: ECONOMIC SURVEY

• Economic Survey 2025-26 (tabled by FM Nirmala Sitharaman, 29 Jan 2026) positions agriculture as central to Viksit Bharat @2047, citing 4.4% average annual growth over 5 years and decadal growth of 4.45% (FY16-FY25) — highest among any decade.
• Key inflection: Horticulture (~33% of agri-GVA) has overtaken food grains in tonnage terms; allied sectors (livestock, fisheries) growing 5-6% are the new growth engines.
• For aspirants: maps to GS-III (agriculture, food security, subsidies) and is the authoritative current data source for Prelims 2026 + Mains essays on rural economy.