AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Abstract

India's rural areas have a population of roughly “12 per cent of the world's total, making them larger than Europe. 833.5 million people, or 69 per cent of the total population, still live in rural areas in India, making it one of the most rural countries globally (Ohlan, Ramphul, 2016). A large portion of the population lives in rural areas. Still, they contribute a disproportionately small share of gross domestic product. They have poor growth metrics, such as a decrease in human development index and life span in Indian states with every increase in the rural population and a lack of access to education”. Similarly, rurality is associated with higher rates of infant mortality, low-quality pregnancies, and a population living below the federal poverty line and at risk of starvation.
India is primarily an agricultural country and their basic livelihood is farming. As far as development methods, social alliances and political arrangements are concerned, the rural sector is in a challenging and abandoned to a large extent. Moreover, the gap between the availability of technological innovations in the agricultural sector has expanded between the rich and the poor, as the wealthier farmers, relative to the small ones, earn a significant share of new agricultural technology.