Department of Business Economics, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, (UP).
Agriculture has always been India's most important economic sector. Agriculture sector plays a strategic role in the process of economic development of a country. It has already made a significant contribution to the economic prosperity of a advance country and its role in the economic development of under developed country is of vital for future development. In other words, where per capita real income is low emphasis is being laid on agriculture and primary industries. It is also an important factor containing inflation, raising agricultural wages and for employment generation. Realizing the importance of agricultural production for economic development, the central government has played an active role in all aspect of agriculture development. This paper has analysed the share of agriculture sector in total gross domestic product, national income in India. It was also tried to study the role of agriculture sector in employment generation and exports.
