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Bring out the impact of the declining significance of the agrarian economy.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 20 marks
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

Agriculture contributed over half of national output at independence; it now accounts for roughly 18% of gross value added while still employing 43.0% of all workers (PLFS 2025). This gap between a shrinking share of income and a barely shrinking share of livelihood is the core of the Indian agrarian problem, and its consequences are…

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  • Structural retardation: output falls, people stay
  • Livelihood impacts
  • Household and cultural impacts
  • Spatial and political impacts
  • Conclusion

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