RAS question
What was the GVO of Bajra at current prices in Rajasthan in 2024-25?
Correct answer: (A) ₹9,041 crore.
Bajra's Gross Value of Output at current prices in Rajasthan was Rs 9,041 crore in 2024-25.
Explanation
Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25 places Bajra among the major kharif contributors to crop-sector income. Figure 4.3 tracks the Gross Value of Output for kharif crops at current prices over five years, with Bajra at Rs 9,041 crore for 2024-25. This is a decline from Rs 12,175 crore in 2023-24, so the correct value is not the previous year's higher figure but the latest 2024-25 estimate in the figure. The crop-sector GVA at current prices stood at Rs 1.95 lakh crore in 2024-25, and Bajra is one of the kharif crops feeding into that crop-income picture.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Rs 6,000 crore is below Bajra's Figure 4.3 value for 2024-25; the correct figure is Rs 9,041 crore.
- (C) Rs 12,000 crore is close to the previous year's Bajra level, but the values are Rs 12,175 crore for 2023-24 and Rs 9,041 crore for 2024-25.
- (D) Rs 3,000 crore understates the Economic Review figure of Rs 9,041 crore for Bajra GVO in 2024-25.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy data on crop-sector output, especially Gross Value of Output at current prices. RAS repeats such figures because agriculture remains central to Rajasthan's GSVA and kharif crop trends are standard Economic Review material.