Q. The percentage of Indias total population employed in agriculture is nearly ______:
Answer: 60%
Notes: As per the Economic Survey 2013-14, agriculture accounts for about 54.6 percent of total employment (Census 2011) in India. However, it contributed only 13.9 percent to India’s GDP in 2013- 14 (provisional estimates) and 15.2 percent during the Eleventh Plan.

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