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Even as agriculture’s share in the overall economy has declined, the burden of employment on the agri economy continues to be very high, according to Ashok Dalwai, IAS, Chairman, Empowered Body on Doubling Farmers Income, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. “If you look at the economic structure, the share of agriculture has dropped to 18.5 per cent today, from 63 per cent in 1951,” Dalwai said, adding, “But the percentage of the population dependent on agriculture has reduced only to 48 per cent from 80...