Solution

Indian agriculture witnessed tremendous growth in crop production which made India self-sufficient in food grain production. Still the number of people engaged in agriculture was not reduced in the 40 years. It was 67.5 % of total population in 1950 and the figure stood at 64.9% in 1990. Growth was hindered as people were not absorbed in the secondary and tertiary sector. Such a large number of people engaged in agriculture would have generated much more productivity, which it didn’t. It shows that technological advancement was lacking. Also it showed the short sightedness of the economic policies that were in effect from 1950-1990. The result was that the contribution of agriculture in GDP was reduced to 44% in 1970’s while it was 51% in 1960’s.