An average farming family in India earned Rs 10,218 per month in 2018-2019, up from Rs 6,426 per month in 2012-2013. Business Standard reported that this represents modest earnings growth of about 60 percent over six years.
According to the survey report of the National Statistical Office, in the year 2013, the average debt of farmer families in the country used to be Rs 47,000 but in the year 2018, it increased to Rs 74,121.