However, steady transition to urbanisation over the years is leading to the decline in the rural share in population, workforce and GDP of the country. Between 2001 and 2011, India’s urban population increased by 31.8 per cent as compared to 12.18 per cent increase in the rural population. In 2004-2005, agriculture had contributed 38.9 per cent of rural economic output, while employing 72.6 per cent of the rural workforce. The average urban worker makes 3.7 times the money an average cultivator does. Given this, huge difference in income, it is not surprising that people want to migrate from villages to cities.

Source: dna January 07, 2018 01:52 UTC