Explain "Agriculture as the backbone of Indian Economy".

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Q. Explain "Agriculture as the backbone of Indian Economy".

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Agriculture is the backbone of India: it employs most people, feeds the nation, supplies industry with raw materials, and supports income, exports and demand.

Calling agriculture the backbone of the Indian economy means the rest of the economy depends heavily on it:

Livelihood and employment — a very large part of the population still depends on agriculture and allied activities for its living.
Food supply — it provides food grains and other food to the entire population, ensuring food security.
Raw materials to industry — agro-based industries such as textiles, sugar and food processing depend on farm produce.
Income and market — it contributes to national income and, by giving farmers purchasing power, creates demand for industrial goods. …

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$Q. After independence, what are the changes taking place in the contribution of agriculture sector to the national income of the country?$
(a) Stagnant
(b) Increases at slow rate
(c) Decreases
(d) Increases at high rate
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Agriculture's share in national income has been decreasing since independence — option (c).

At the time of independence agriculture contributed more than half of India's national income. As the country developed, the industrial and service sectors grew faster, so the share of agriculture in national income steadily declined to well under one-fifth today. This is a normal feature of structural change in …

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$Q. Which sector provides maximum employment in India?$
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The agriculture sector provides the maximum employment in India.

Despite its declining share in national income, the agriculture (primary) sector still gives employment to the largest share of India's workforce — a majority of the rural population depends directly or indirectly on farming and allied activities for their livelihood. This mismatch — a large workforc …

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$Q. How much employment was provided by agriculture sector in the year 2014-15?$
(a) 24%
(b) 26%
(c) 49%
(d) 72%
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Agriculture provided about 49% of employment in 2014-15 — option (c).

A key point in the chapter on the role of agriculture is the mismatch between agriculture's shrinking contribution to national income and its still very large share in employment. Around 2014-15, agriculture and allied activities engaged roughly 49% of India's total workforce, even though the sector's share in GDP had fallen well …

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