As per the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare as of 2021, how much percentage does the agricultural sector in India contribute to India’s GDP?

🔑Key Points:
The percentage of agriculture in the gross domestic product (GDP) has reached almost 20 per cent for the first time in the last 17 years.
This is making it the lone bright point in GDP performance during 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2020-2021.
As per the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare as of 2021, Between 15% and 25%, of the agricultural sector in India contributes to India's GDP.
Agriculture was the only sector to have shown a positive growth of 3.4% at constant prices in 2020–21.
While other sectors experienced a decline, due to the farming community's perseverance in the face of challenges.

🛑Important Points:
Agriculture's contribution to the GDP increased from 17.8% in 2019–20 to 19.9% in 2020–21.
The last time the agricultural sector's share of the GDP reached 20% was in 2003–2004.

🔴Additional Information:
About 58% of India's population relies primarily on agriculture as a source of income.
This is making India one of the world's top participants in this field.
India is the largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices in the world.
As well as having the largest herd of cattle in the world (buffaloes), as well as the largest area planted to wheat, rice, and cotton.
It is the second-largest producer of wheat, rice, cotton, sugar, farmed fish, cotton, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables, and tea.
About half of the population of India is employed in the agriculture industry, which in the world has the second-largest amount of agricultural land.
Thus, farmers become a crucial component of the industry that gives us food.