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February 01, 2018

To improve the overall rural income, there needs to be increased focus on agriculture-allied and non-agriculture sectors. Comment

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IAS Parliament 6 years

KEY POINTS

·        The share of agriculture in rural output is 39%, whereas rural employment in the agriculture sector stands large at 64%.

·        Hence, reducing the dependence of rural masses on agriculture as a source of income will help improve the overall income of the rural population.

·        Apart from the agriculture sector, there needs to be increased focus on agriculture-allied sectors and non-agriculture sectors to improve the overall rural income.

Agri-allied sector

·        The livestock sector, which contributes around 4% to India’s gross domestic product (GDP), is particularly critical.

·        India has a mixed crop livestock farming system, with livestock becoming an important secondary source of income.

·        Small and marginal farmers have high dependence on the livestock sector.

·        Hence, measures to boost livestock sector growth and productivity will have a significant impact in alleviating rural distress.

Non-Agri sector

·        Improvement in employment in the manufacturing and services sectors will be critical in improving rural income.

·        But, the rural workforce finds it difficult to get absorbed in the manufacturing sector.

·        This is where improving education facilities and skill development programmes in rural areas will play an important role.

·        However, there is need to further increase the contribution of the services sector to rural output.

·        A strong push to sectors like food processing, warehousing and logistics will be very beneficial as it will help push up farmer incomes, reduce the wastage of perishable agriculture commodities and provide employment to rural workers.

Vishwanth Adhepalli 6 years

Plz review

IAS Parliament 6 years

Discussing agri-allied sector as well could be better. Still needs to improve word clarity. Present more legibly. 

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