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Introduction

In: Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes

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  • Ashok Gulati

    (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER))

  • Shweta Saini

    (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER))

Abstract

Although agriculture accounts for about 16.5% of overall GDP in the country (2019–20), it remains central to the Indian economy as it still engages about 44% of the work force (in 2018–19; it was 47% in 2015–16) as per Labour Bureau, GOI. India is also going to be the most populous country in the world by 2027, according to population projections by the UN, and ensuring food security for this large mass of humanity is a daunting task, more so when it also has the largest number of poor and malnourished in the world (as per World Bank’s Development indicators). An average Indian household spends about 45% of its expenditure on food (this ratio stands at 60% for the poor in bottom expenditure group) (NSSO 2011). No wonder agriculture remains critical for India as it has implications not only for farmers in terms of their income, but also for consumers, especially with respect to ensuring food security to the poor and the malnourished.

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  • Ashok Gulati & Shweta Saini, 2021. "Introduction," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Ashok Gulati & Ranjana Roy & Shweta Saini (ed.), Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 3-8, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-15-9335-2_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9335-2_1
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