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India's economic development since independence: An interpretative survey

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When India became a republic in 1950, the economy was primarily agrarian, with three-fifths of output originating from agriculture. In the sixty years since independence, there has been a significant transformation of economic activity away from agriculture, with less than one-fifth of output now originating from agriculture and the rest from manufacturing and services. Since the 1980s, along with structural change, there has been strong economic growth, till 2010, followed by a period of declining growth.

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  • Kunal Sen, 2023. "India's economic development since independence: An interpretative survey," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-47, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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