why do the agriculture and allied activities still happen to be the major source of employment
Answers
In indian context,agriculture is not a business and land is not only the source of making money but agriculture is a way of life and land is goddess.Most of the people do the agriculture in india not for making money but people are closely associate with their land.Lot of people irrespective of their social status and financial positions in the society are engaged in agriculture only for this reason.
In modern agriculture during 1960's the evolution of green revolution and its results attracted many people towards agriculture
Along with these reasons,lack of educational facilities in rural india forced further generations to continue in this segment.
But scenario has been changing slowly due the rapid expansion of industrialization,growth in the service sectors,which throwing hefty pay packages for qualified professionals changing the mind set of rural people to take up these jobs