“Agricultural development is closely linked with economic development”. Explain with reference to the Indian economy. (Any 3 points)
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Agriculture plays a vital role in the Indian economy. Over 70 per cent of the rural households depend on agriculture. Agriculture is an important sector of Indian economy as it contributes about 17% to the total GDP and provides employment to over 60% of the population.
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Explanation:
The agriculture sector continues to be the backbone of Indian economy contributing approximately 27.4% to the gross domestic product (GDP), and accounts for about 18% share, of total value of country’s export. The agricultural production has kept pace with the popular growth rate of 21 % per annum.
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Today we are second largest producer of wheat, rice, fruits, vegetables, and fresh water aquaculture; and largest exporter of spices and cashew. The late sixties and seventies were the years of Green Revolution. During Yellow Revolution oilseeds production reached up to 24.4 million tonnes.
Per capita availability of food grains went up to 528.77 g per day in 1996-97 when compared to 395 g in early fifties. Fertilizers consumption has also increased and India has become fourth in the world after USA, USSR and China. Pulse crops are grown on the largest Indian area in the world and India is the first to evolve a cotton hybrid.
Cropping pattern is changing and commercial crops and non-traditional (moong, soya bean, summer groundnut, sunflower etc.) are gradually growing more importance in line with domestic demands and export requirements. Short duration varieties have been introduced to use the residual moisture available from post-kharif and post-rabi cultivation.
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