Abstract: Human development is viewed as the ultimate and long term goal of a growing economy. It has been described as a regular process and an integral part as well as outcome of economic growth. According to theory of economic development, there is a direct relationship between sectorial growth and development in human resources. The present paper examined the theoretical relationship using empirical data between agriculture growth and human development in Indian perspective. This paper evaluates the growth of agriculture and allied sectors and its contribution to human development by adopting a regression analysis considering Human Development (aggregate of per capita GDP, Gross Enrolment and Life Expectancy) as dependent variable and share of agriculture and allied sectors in of gross domestic product is independent variable. The time period for this study is span of 15 years taken from........
Keywords: Agriculture Growth, Human Development and Regression Analysis
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