SectorContribution to GDP (In %)
1950 - 51
1970 - 71
1990 - 91 2010 - 112014 -
15
Primary sector59.26 48.23 34.52 14.5 16.1
Secondary sector 13.29 19.91 24.49 22.9 23.3
Tertiary sector28.03 32.18 40.58 62.6 60.6
Average annual growth rate of GDP
Average annual growth rate of GDP
1900 - 1950 Around 2 %1950 - 1960 3.59 %1960 - 1970 3.95 %1970 - 1980 2.94 %1980 - 1990 5.79 %1990 - 2000 5.80 %2000 - 2010 7.26 %2015 - 2016 7.6 %
Average annual growth rate of GDP
Land Reforms
Aims
● Reducing inequalities in the distribution of land
● Raising agricultural production through increased productivity.
Land Reforms
Measures/ Features
● Abolition of intermediaries like Zamindars● Distribution of land among landless● Fixed ceiling on agricultural holdings.● Organisation of Cooperative farming
Land ReformsEffects/ Results
● The abolition of intermediaries ● The reform faced resistance in many areas● Some big landlords challenged the law in courts● Some landlords registered the land in the name
of their relatives
Land ReformsEstimate
● Land reforms were successfully implemented in states like Kerala and West Bengal.
● The poor landless agricultural workers who really worked on land did not get any land.
● Most of these agricultural labourers belonged to SC/ST.
● So they did not benefit from land reforms.