Question

According to economic survey 2017-18 what is the percentage of agriculture exports in indian gdp

Answer 1

India economic survey 2018: The Economic Survey 2017-18, which was released in Parliament on Monday ahead of the Union Budget 2018, which is to be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1, had key implications for agriculture sector, a space which employs more than 50 per cent of the total workforce in India and contributes around 17-18 percent to the country’s GDP. Taking note of the condition of farmers in India, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said ,”At present, Indian farmers are adapting farm mechanization at a faster rate in comparison to recent past. Although, the sale of tractors in India cannot be taken as the only measure of farm mechanization but to a great extent it reflects the level of mechanization.