Garg: Nearly half of India's labor force remains in agriculture
Subhash Chandra Garg · India's Road To $10 Trillion Economy With Subhash Garg, Former Secretary Of Economic Affairs · Nov 27, 2024 · at 22:10
Former Indian Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg discusses the structural challenges in transitioning India's agricultural workforce into services.
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“India still has close to 48, 49% of its labor in farms, both as farmers and the landless agricultural labor.”
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