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At the time of Independence, What percent of India’s power was employed in agriculture?

At the time of independence, a large proportion of human labour in India was employed in the field of agriculture. The share of agriculture in India's Gross Domestic Product was approximately 52 %. The share of employment in the agriculture sector as a share of the total workforce was 100 million out of 140 million working population.


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