Indian agriculture has been the source of supply of raw materials to our leading industries. Cotton and jute, textiles, sugar, plantations— all these directly depend on agricultural output. There are many industries, which depend on agriculture indirectly. Many of our small scale and cottage industries like handlooms, oil crushing, etc depend on agriculture for their raw materials.
But then, in recent years, agriculture is losing its significance to industries such as iron and steel, engineering, chemicals, etc. However in recent years, the importance of food processing industries is being increasing recognized both for generation of income and generation of employment.
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