Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

Overview of the Non-Farm Sector and Rural Development in India

Narra Nagaraju

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 Non-Farm Sector includes all economic activities like household and non-household manufacturing, handicrafts, processing, repairs, construction, mining and quarrying, transport, trade, communication, community and personal services etc. in rural areas. These activities in rural areas are very important in providing additional income to households. As per government statistics (1998) more than 81.9 percent of rural enterprises were non-agricultural in nature which includes wide range of activities. Nearly 40 million persons are working in this sector of which 74 percent are males. Rural industrialization could reduce, if not stop, skill drain from the countryside if sufficiently lucrative alternatives for employment are provided. Rural industrialization will also have a significant spin-off for agricultural development. 

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NARRA NAGARAJU, Overview of the Non-Farm Sector and Rural Development in India, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6, ISSUE-11, NOVEMBER-2017

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