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Composition of India's total production of foodgrains and commercial crops, in 2003–04, by weight. India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 18.6% of the GDP in 2005, employed 60% of the total workforce [13] and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest economic sector and plays a ...
Under British rule, India's share of the world economy declined from 24.4% in 1700 down to 4.2% in 1950. India's GDP (PPP) per capita was stagnant during the Mughal Empire and began to decline prior to the onset of British rule. [148] India's share of global industrial output declined from 25% in 1750 down to 2% in 1900. [130]
This map shows the change in per capita GDP of India from 1820 CE to 2015 CE. All GDP numbers are inflation adjusted to 1990 International Geary-Khamis dollars. Data Source: Tables of Prof. Angus Maddison (2010). The per capita GDP over various years and population data can be downloaded in a spreadsheet from here.
This is an alphabetical list of countries by past and projected gross domestic product per capita, based on official exchange rates, not on the purchasing power parity (PPP) methodology.
The former Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram expected India's economy to "bounce back" to 9% during FY2009. [33] India's then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the government will take measures to ensure that the economic growth bounces back to 9%. [34] Nevertheless, India's overall growth of GDP in 2008-09 was 6.7%. [35]
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. [2] Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates.
In January 2020 itself, well before India's lockdown or reactions to the pandemic, the International Monetary Fund reduced India's GDP estimates for 2019 and also reduced the 2020 GDP forecast. [190] The 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation and goods and services tax enactment in 2017 led to severe back to back disruptions in the economy. [ 190 ]
The survey projects India's growth at 6–6.5% in the next fiscal year starting from 1 April 2020. [18] The survey provides facts to show that India's GDP figures are genuine. [13] The industrial growth for the current year has been listed as 2.5% while the agricultural growth is 2.8%. [18] Total formal employment has increased from 2011–12.