In 2010-11 about ____ percent of the total workforce was employed by the farm sector which makes more than half of the Indian Population dependent on agriculture for sustenance.

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In 2010-11 about 52 percent of the total workforce was employed by the farm sector which makes more than half of the Indian Population dependent on agriculture for sustenance.
Despite a drop in its percentage of the GDP at that time, agriculture has been the backbone of the Indian economy since 1951. Over 50% of Indians depend on agriculture for their living, and in 2010–11, the farm sector employed over 52% of all labourers. Because any fall or stagnation in agriculture would result in a reduction in other economic sectors, which will have broader effects on society, the diminishing percentage of agriculture in the GDP is a severe worry. Given the significance of agriculture to India, the Indian government has undertaken a concentrated effort to modernise the sector.

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