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Significant portion of India’s population still resides in villages
Percentage of rural population
Percentage of urban population
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2012-13
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CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TOWARDS NATIONAL GDP
Percentage contribution
Indian Economy: Predominantly Rural
7. Size & Structure of Rural Economy
•Economy: Collection of economic, social, legal, institutional, and technological arrangements through which individuals in society seek to increase their material and spiritual well-being.
20. Characteristics of rural sector
•Excessive dependence on nature
•Small uneconomic land and livestock holdings
•Low capital-labor ratio
•Low factor productivity
•Long gestation & low rate of turnover
•High incidence of poverty
•Unskilled workforce
•Lack of basic infrastructure