READ THIS IF YOU WANT FOOD ON YOUR PLATE TOMORROW MORNING!!! AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE On the eve of independence India inherited a weak economy from the Britishers, which was predominantly agricultural . Most of the population lived in villages and was engaged in farming, animal husbandry and other agriculture related jobs. The agricultural (primary) sector was the sole force driving the GDP. · However, the farmers were not involved in commercial farming but subsistence farming , that is, only producing enough to meet their own needs and no surplus for the market. · There was unequal distribution of land and severe fragmentation. · Those who owned lands were fortunate and others who were landless worked on someone else’s land and were always at the mercy of their landlords. · The agricultural sector faced ...