“Only 20.7 % of Annadatas is completely dependent on agriculture for income”: reports to rethink rural development strategies

With more and more agricultural families that complement their income through other sources, a new report called for rethinking rural development strategies and bringing more reforms in the farms sector to support farmers and farmers.

“ICE 360 ° PRICE surveys this supports this, and revealed that although 42.4 % of rural families earn some income from agriculture, only 20.7 % depends on them completely. This shift emphasizes the need to rethink rural development strategies.”

The report found that although many rural families are agricultural reports as an income source, a smaller percentage depends entirely on agriculture. According to the PRICE ICE 360 ° survey, approximately 42.4 % of Indian families or 140 million families in 2024-25 have agricultural and animal activities as an income source. However, only 20.7 % (68.4 million families) is ranked as “full -time/regular” agricultural families, which means that their source of livelihood is agriculture.

She said: “This blatant difference indicates that a large number of families derive part of their income from unbeatable activities, as agriculture plays an additional role in its general economic structure.” The report was composed by Rajesh Shukla, Adite Bnerjie and Tanvi Menaria of Price.

The report also highlights that agriculture alone is no longer sufficient to maintain livelihoods in the countryside and that 33 % of agricultural families income derived from unbeatable activities. This includes free work for self -calculations (7.1 %), salaries of outside agricultural functions (3.4 %), and transfers (2.6 %), adding that this trend towards unconscious income highlights the increasing importance of economic diversification of survival and stability of agricultural families.

The report indicates that the full-time Agricultural family in India is expected to earn 7.31 rupees for an annually by 2024-25, with a large part of its-67.1 % income-coming from agricultural activities. This includes 4.90 Rs. “However, agriculture alone is no longer sufficient to maintain the livelihoods of the countryside,” this is confirmed.

He proposed many reforms in the farm sector to support farmers and farmers’ families. These measures include the expansion of the definition of Annadata families to include tenant, participating, and agricultural workers who do not have land, ensuring that they are included in social welfare plans such as PM-Kisan and official financial inclusion initiatives. He also called for strengthening unconscious employment by enhancing rural entrepreneurship and developing skills to create alternative income opportunities for these families. The expansion of agricultural productivity and the promotion of financial inclusion are some other measures that the report called for enabling Annadata families to contribute effectively to the transformation of India into VIKSIT BHARAT.