Along with agriculture, development of non-agricultural sector is also required in the country

- The whole of economics: Dhawal Mehta

Rural areas will be buzzing with small scale industries but income will increase

2.5 crore farming families in India

The government's goal of doubling farmers' incomes by 202 does not seem to have been achieved. The findings of the last National Sample Survey are that the income of farmers due to agricultural production has decreased and the debt of farmers has increased. In rural India, a large portion of the income generated from agriculture is derived from farm labor. India is still an agricultural country as 8 to 20 per cent of the total labor force in India (different estimates) work in agriculture and they contribute only 15 to 18 per cent (different estimates) to India's national income. With less than two percent of the U.S. labor force working in agriculture and exporting such grain, the productivity of farmers there will be realized. Rural India cannot alleviate its poverty. Now the future of every country depends on the development of industry and service sectors. IT and Artificial Intelligence are also of paramount importance in these services.

Increase in debt

During the three years from 2014 to 2015, the number of farming families in India has increased from 90 million to 4.5 million and the number of non-farming families in rural areas has also increased from 4.5 million to 30 million. The average farm household debt in India was Rs 5,000 in 2015-16, but it has increased to Rs 4,161 in 2016-17.

As farmers' incomes have increased, so has their debt. During the last six years, the income of farmers has increased by 20 per cent and the debt of farmers has increased by 3 per cent, which is almost proportion to the increase in income.

Develop non-farmland

Indian farming families have become more dependent on farm labor income than farm income. Farm labor is not growing in India as the demand for non-agricultural labor in rural India is very limited as non-agricultural or agro-based industries are not established in the villages. In short, India's villages are not bustling with small and big industries. Another reason for low income from agriculture in India is monocropping i.e. the tendency to rely on one or two grains only.

There is not yet enough diversity in agricultural crops so that farmers can produce higher yielding crops. The size of farms is also declining due to the growing population. The father's farm is divided into several offspring. More and more people depend on India's agriculture.

India is the tenth largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. At the same time, it is a fact that India's share in the world's agribusiness is only 4.15%.

This means that despite the steady growth in agricultural exports from India, we have not been able to make full use of our potential in terms of agricultural exports. The European Union accounts for 6% of the global agricultural export business.

Only if India's rural industries thrive on small scale industries can rural India get more and more income from the non-agricultural sector. Other than that we have no escape. True India lives in villages which is not a commendable thing but it should be considered as a poverty alleviation statement. There is no developed village in the world.