Some major investments and developments in agriculture are as follows:

• The sector has also recorded a sharp increase in investments with a cumulative FDI inflow of US$ 2,600.70 million between April 2000-June 2022.
• In 2022, the Government of India is planning to launch Kisan Drones for crop assessment, digitization of land records, and spraying of insecticides and nutrients.
• India’s agricultural and processed food products exports stood at US$ 9,598 million in FY23 (April-July 2022), up by 30% YoY.
• In October 2022, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 and released PM-KISAN Funds worth Rs. 16,000 crore (US$ 1.93 billion)
• In August 2022, a Special Food Processing Fund of Rs. 2,000 crore (US$ 242.72 million) was set up with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to provide affordable credit for investments in setting up Mega Food Parks (MFP) as well as processing units in the MFPs.
• In August 2022, Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare inaugurated four new facilities at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), which has been rendering excellent services for more than 60 years under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

• Gross Value Added by the agriculture and allied sector was 18.8% in 2021-22 (until 31 January, 2022)
• Agriculture and allied activities recorded a growth rate of 3.9% in 2021-22 (until 31 January, 2022)
• Consumer spending in India will return to growth in 2022 post the pandemic-led contraction, expanding by as much as 7%.
• Private consumption expenditure (at constant prices) was estimated at Rs. 80.8 trillion (US$ 1.08 trillion) in FY22 against Rs. 75.6 trillion (US$ 1.01 trillion) in FY20.
• The organic food segment in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10% during 2015-¬25 and is estimated to reach Rs. 75,000 crore (US$ 9.1 billion) by 2025 from Rs. 2,700 crore (US$ 386.32 million) in 2015.
• The processed food market in India is expected to grow to Rs. 3,451,352.5 crore (US$ 470 billion) by 2025, from Rs. 1,931,288.7 crore (US$ 263 billion) in FY20 on the back of government initiatives such as planned infrastructure worth US$ 1 trillion and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojna. The food processing industry employs about 1.77 million people. The sector allows 100% FDI under the automatic route.
• From 2017 to 2020, India received ~US$ 1 billion in agritech funding. With significant interest from investors, India ranks third in terms of agritech funding and the number of agritech start-ups. By 2025, Indian agritech companies are likely to witness investments worth US$ 30-35 billion.
• Nestle India will invest Rs. 700 crore (US$ 85.16 million) in the construction of its ninth factory in Gujarat.
• The sector has recorded a sharp increase in investments with a cumulative FDI inflow of US$ 11.51 billion between April 2000-September 2022.
• The performance of the agriculture and allied sector has been buoyant over the past several years, much of which is on account of the measures taken by the government to augment crop and livestock productivity, ensure certainty of returns to the farmers through price support, promote crop diversification, improve market infrastructure through the impetus provided for the setting up of farmer-producer organizations and promotion of investment in infrastructure facilities through the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.
• As per the economic survey 2022-23, Rs. 13,681 crore (US$ 1.6 billion) were sanctioned for Post-Harvest Support and Community Farms under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.
• Private investment in agriculture increases to 9.3% in 2020-21.
• Institutional Credit to the Agricultural Sector continued to grow to Rs. 18.6 lakh crore (US$ 226 billion) in 2021-22.