As per the estimates from Central
Statistics Office (CSO), the share of agriculture and allied sector in GDP of
the country has declined from 47.6% in 1960-61 to 14.4% in 2010-11 at 2004-05
prices. This is due to structural
changes in the economy and more employment opportunities coming up in new
areas. The details of the share of
agriculture sector in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country from the
decade of sixties till the present decade is in the table below:
|
Year
|
GDP SHARE OF
AGRICULTURE & ALLIE SECTORS TO TOTAL ECONOMY – at 2004-05 prices (%)
|
|
1960-61
|
47.6
|
|
1970-71
|
41.7
|
|
1980-81
|
35.7
|
|
1990-91
|
29.5
|
|
2000-01
|
22.3
|
|
2010-11
|
14.4
|
The
Government has launched several schemes to increase investments in agriculture
sector and thereby improve agriculture’s performance in the overall economy.
This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food
Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Rajya
Sabha today.
MP:SB:CP:
share (9.12.2011)