An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Labour in Rajasthan
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2022
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College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University
Abstract
India is a vast country and it covers 3.287 million km2 geographical
area in the world. India has comprising 28 states and 8 Union Territory.
India is the world's second-most populous country, and it covers the
17.70% population comparison to the world. India has 1,210,193,422
population were reported of India (Census, 2011).
Agriculture is primary sector of the Indian economy. The data
provided by the census (2001) of India reveals that about 69 per cent of
the total workers were engaged in agriculture and allied activities in the
year 1981; while in the year 1991 the share of agriculture in total
employment slightly declined to 68 per cent and nearly 70 per cent of the
rural and 8 per cent of the urban households still depend on it for
employment and livelihood (Bhakar et.al., 2007).