Agriculture- 1 | Economy for UPSC 2025 (Pre & Mains) PDF Download

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ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
PART - 1
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ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
PART - 1
SOME DATA TO BEGIN WITH
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ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
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SOME DATA TO BEGIN WITH
INDIA'S RANK AS HIGHEST CROPPED 
AREA
Close to 52% farm field is still unirrigated and dependant on rainfall. 
(or 73.2 million hectares area out of 141.4 million hectares net sown area)
Backed by good monsoon rainfall last year, India had produced record 284.83 million tonnes of 
foodgrains in 2017-18 crop year (July-June) which was 9.72 million tonnes (MT) higher than the 
country’s previous record during 2016-17.
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ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
PART - 1
SOME DATA TO BEGIN WITH
INDIA'S RANK AS HIGHEST CROPPED 
AREA
Close to 52% farm field is still unirrigated and dependant on rainfall. 
(or 73.2 million hectares area out of 141.4 million hectares net sown area)
Backed by good monsoon rainfall last year, India had produced record 284.83 million tonnes of 
foodgrains in 2017-18 crop year (July-June) which was 9.72 million tonnes (MT) higher than the 
country’s previous record during 2016-17.
TREND OF AGRICULTURE IN GVA
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ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
PART - 1
SOME DATA TO BEGIN WITH
INDIA'S RANK AS HIGHEST CROPPED 
AREA
Close to 52% farm field is still unirrigated and dependant on rainfall. 
(or 73.2 million hectares area out of 141.4 million hectares net sown area)
Backed by good monsoon rainfall last year, India had produced record 284.83 million tonnes of 
foodgrains in 2017-18 crop year (July-June) which was 9.72 million tonnes (MT) higher than the 
country’s previous record during 2016-17.
TREND OF AGRICULTURE IN GVA AGRICULTURE
Agriculture & allied activities remain the major source of livelihood for nearly half of the Indian 
population. 
Share of agriculture in employment was 48.9 per cent of the workforce [NSSO, 2011-12] 
T welfth Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) had envisaged a growth target of 4% for agriculture & allied 
sectors, necessary for the Indian economy to grow at over 8%.