2. i. Agriculture is an important part of India’s
economy
ii. The agriculture sector provides approximately
41.49% of total number of jobs in India.
iii. It contributes around 19% to the GDP of Indian
Economy
iv. Agriculture is the only means of living for
almost two thirds of employed class in India
v. The agriculture sector of India has occupied
almost 51% of India’s Geographical Area
ABSTRA
CT
3. INTRODUCTI
ON
In India,
Small farmers – 80-87%
Large farmers – 13-20%
1. Over the 77% of the rural households in India depends on
Agriculture
2. Indian Agriculture has received impressive growth over last
two decades
3. The food grain production has be increased from 51 million
tonnes(1950-1951) to 303 million tonnes(2020-2021)
4. OBJECTIVE
S
i. To know current status
ii. To provide a basis of monitoring and evaluation
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture
(DESMOA) is responsible for the collection.
Weekly and daily wholesale prices
Retail prices of essential commodities
Farm harvest prices
Weekly wholesale prices cover 140 agricultural commodities from 620
markets
Retail prices of essential commodities are collected on a weekly basis
from 83 market centre in respect of 88 commodities by the staff of
the state market intelligence units, State directorates of economics
and statistics and State department of food and civil suppliers
CURRENT
STATUS
6. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2021
Agriculture
Industry
Services
Sector contribution to GDP(%)
Years
Percentage
%
7. AGRICULTURAL SCENARIO AND REASONS
FOR
i. Largest provider of livelihood in India
ii. Contributes 19% to India’s GDP
iii. It still dependent primarily on the monsoons
iv. The growth in agricultural production has been stagnant
for the past several years
v. Drought in north and western parts created shortages in
supply of food grains
vi. Reduction in agricultural subsidies & lack of easy credit
to agriculture
8. MAJOR
ROLE
1) Share in national income
2) Largest employment providing sectors
3) Providing raw materials to industries
4) Market for industrial products
5) Provision of Food grains
6) Foreign exchange
7) Significance of trade and transport
8) Source of revenue for the government
9. CONCLUSION
Change is happening in India but it has
still a long way to go
Agriculture has benefited from
improved farming techniques but the
growth is not equitable
Land use in rural areas were changing
and farmers are getting good value for
their holdings. The effort should be to
stop the migration to urban areas
Wholesale prices are primarily used to
monitor
Minimum prices should be fixed to
essential commodities
