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Indian farmers in the IT age

April 27, 2015ICT4D: DEF’s ColumnsBy wp-admin

According to the Census of India 2011, there are 118.9 million cultivators across the country, or 24.6% of the total workforce of over 481 million. The proportion was about 50% in 1951. On the other hand the number of people working as agricultural labourers has increased from 19% in 1951 to 30% in 2011, standing at 144.3 million.
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