(14)Which is the prime economic activity of majority of the population of India?
Answers
Answer:
agriculture
Explanation:
India's economy includes agriculture, handicrafts, industries, and a lot of services. The service sector is the main source of economic growth in India today, though two-thirds of Indian people earn their living directly or indirectly through agriculture.
✿ Most of the people of India are associated with the primary sector of the economy.
✿ This is because India has a large population which is engaged in the agricultural activities, fishing, mining, etc.
✿ Nearly 49% of the population are employed in this sector.
✿ India's agriculture is composed of many crops, with the foremost food staples being rice and wheat.
✿ Indian farmers also grow pulses, potatoes, sugarcane, oil seeds, and such non-food items as cotton, tea, coffee, rubber, and jute (a glossy fiber used to make burlap and twine). India is a fisheries giant as well.