Sponsor Area

Rural Development

Question
CBSEENEC11009212

Give the reasons of declining share of agriculture in GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of India.

Solution

After the initiation of reforms, the growth rate of agriculture sector has declined to 2.3% during the 1990s which was lower than earlier years. The reasons for this decline are inadequate infrastructure, alternate employment opportunities in the industry or service sector, increase in casualisation of employment in agriculture etc.