Impact of industrial growth on agricultural development: A contrasting view-A case study in Dibrugarh district of Assam, India

Industrial growth and agricultural development are very crucial to every economy. Interdependence of both sectors is also an important field to study. Many literatures are there to support the view that industry and agricultural sector contribute to each other in a positive way. This can be generally cited as agricultural sector providing raw materials to industrial production and creating demand for industrial goods and industrial sector providing inputs to agriculture and the industrial workers creating effective demand for agricultural goods. Though such types of interlinkages are practically available in the developing countries like India but are it always applicable to the developing economies is a matter of question. This article is trying to find out both positive and negative impact of industry on agriculture and vice versa by taking into account a block (Barbaruah development block) of Dibrugarh district of Assam, India. The article finds out that, despite having positive interlinkages of industrial growth in agricultural development, industrial growth hampers agricultural development in the form of agricultural production, land use, labour availability and migration etc. especially in some corners of developing countries like India.