Raising Agricultural Productivity and Making Farming Remunerative for Farmers
Overview
The agriculture sector employs nearly half of the workforce in the country. However, it contributes to 17.5% of the GDP (at current prices in 2015-16). Over the past few decades, the manufacturing and services sectors have increasingly contributed to the growth of the economy, while the agriculture sector’s contribution has decreased from more than 50% of GDP in the 1950s to 15.4% in 2015-16 (at constant prices).
Agricultural Yield
- India’s production of food grains has been increasing every year, and India is among the top producers of several crops such as wheat, rice, pulses, sugarcane and cotton.
- It is the ....
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- 8 International Financial Architecture : Need for Comprehensive Reforms - By Ranjeet Shah
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