The number of people dependant on agriculture has gone up... there are 70 crore people in India now...
Yes, this is unique to our country -- that the number of people dependant on agriculture has not gone down. In countries like the US, Japan etc, only two to three per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture. 97 per cent is involved in other vocations.
But in our country, two-thirds of the population is involved in farming, which includes animal husbandry, crop husbandry, fisheries, and forestry. That is why there is so much rural poverty.
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http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/may/06mss2.htm
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