Director of Economics & Statistics

The Economics, Statistics & Evaluation (ES&E) Division, formerly known as the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), is the principal Division of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare responsible for generating, analyzing and disseminating agricultural statistics, providing economic policy support, undertaking research and evaluation studies, and assisting evidence-based decision-making in the agricultural sector.

The ES&E Division presently comprises the following Units:

• Minimum Support Price (MSP) Unit
• Agro-Economic Research (AER) Unit
• Crop Statistics Unit
• Minimum Support Price (MSP) Unit