Indian Growth Story Is Only Urbanised
Indian Growth Story Is Only Urbanised
Indian Growth Story Is Only Urbanised
Urbanised
Indian growth story is NOT only
Urbanised
Agriculture Sector
• Agriculture process is normally regarded as a prerequisite of
economic development.
• Economic development in the modern times has come to be
associated with industrialisation.
• Industrialisation can follow only on the sound heels of
agriculture.
• It is the foundation.
• Weak foundation would not allow a solid structure to be
raised on it.
Contribution from Agriculture
• There are four types by which agriculture is contributing to
overall economic development.
i. Product contribution
(Making available food and raw materials)
ii. Market contribution
(Providing the market for producer goods and consumer goods
produced in non-agricultural sector)
iii. Factor contribution
(Making available labour and capital to the non-agricultural sector)
iv. Foreign exchange contribution.
Product contribution
• Agriculture is the source of supply of basic wage-goods such
as food items.
• A scarcity of food creates imbalance in the economy.
• Checks on economic development.
• There are two types of such imbalance are:
– Aggregate demand for food products in the developing country
– Supplement domestic supply of food grains by import
Imbalance
– Aggregate demand for food products in the developing
country
• Happen because of population growth and rising per capita
income.
• Relatively high income elasticity of demand for food.
• Cause cycle.
– Supplement domestic supply of food grains by import
• Maintain internal demand supply equilibrium.
• It will lead to adverse effect on domestic sector.
Market and Factor contribution
• Two essential inputs required for industries may be procured
only from the agricultural sector.
– Raw Material
– Labour
Foreign Exchange contribution
• Initial stage, industry earns little foreign exchange but create a
strong demand for it.
• Industry needs exchange for machinery, technology and other
inputs that are not produced locally.
Link between Agriculture and Industry
• Production Linkages,
• Demand Linkages,
• Saving and Investment Linkages.
MAJOR PROBLEMS OF URBANIZATION
Overcrowding in cities becomes a great problem
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Present context
• India is the largest producer in the world of Milk, Cashew
nuts, Coconuts, Tea, Ginger, Turmeric and Black pepper.
• World's largest Cattle population (281 million).
• India is the second largest producer of Wheat, Rice, Sugar,
Groundnut and inland Fish.
• India is the third largest producer of Tobacco.
• India accounts for 10% of the world fruit production with first
rank in the production of Banana and Sapota.
RAPID POVERTY REDUCTION
MEASURING AND PROFILING THE POOR
IN INDIA
THE HEADCOUNT RATIO (HCR)
GUARANTEED WAGE EMPLOYMENT—NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
ACT (NREGA)
• India is the seventh largest producer of raw wool accounting for 1.8% of
the world production.
• In 2003, it had 615 lakh sheep, that is about 4.2% of the world’s total
sheep population.
• Employs 27.2 lakh people—12 lakh in the organized sector, 12 lakh in
sheep rearing and farming, and 3.2 lakh weavers in the carpet sector.
• It is basically carpet grade wool and has an important role in the national
economy: it is rural-based (sheep breeding),and contributes significantly
to exports (carpets).
KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES (KVI)
• Important part of the rural and semi-urban economy, with pickles, jams,
chutneys, and papads.
• 50 million tonnes of fruits - 9% of the world’s fruit production.
• 90 million tonnes of vegetables, accounting for 11% of the world’s
vegetable production.
• 35% waste in the annual production, the value being approximately Rs
54000 crore
INDIAN AGRI-INPUT COMPANIES THRIVE
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1993-94 1995-96
1996-97 1999-00
2001-02 2003-04
2005-06 2007-08
NERGA- National Rural Employee Guarantee
Act