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What the SECC says about farming in India - Sayantan Bera

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Less than a third of rural India earns its living from agriculture. Landlessness, poor access to irrigation and credit, and low mechanization are all-pervasive

New Delhi:
Rural India is no longer synonymous with agriculture, as most households are landless and depend on casual labour for a living, according to data from the socio-economic caste census (SECC) released last week.

The numbers are telling. Across the country, agriculture is the primary source of income for only 30% of the 179 million rural households. While 51% depend on manual or casual labour for a living, 56% rural households do not own any land.

In Punjab, the cradle of the Green Revolution, farming is the main source of income for less than 30% of rural households, while 48% depend on manual labour as the primary source of income. And, 65% of rural households in Punjab do not own land.

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