Growth Rate of Agriculture and Allied Sectors

Agriculture is the most important sector of the Indian economy. The Indian agriculture sector accounts for 18.4 percent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 50 percent of the countries workforce. India is the world’s largest producer of pulses, rice, wheat, spices and spice product. India has many areas to choose from for business such as dairy, meat, poultry, fisheries and food-grain etc. India has emerged as the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. According to the data provided by Development of Economics and Statics (DES), the production of food-grains for the year 2019-2020 is 296.6 million tonnes is increased when compared to (2018-19) was 285.2 million tones. This is a good symptom for the Indian economy from the agriculture sector. India remains among the main three as far as production of different agricultural things like paddy, wheat, pulses, groundnut, rapeseeds, natural products, vegetables, sugarcane and so on.

Keywords:
Agriculture, GVA, Production.