Indian Economy / Agriculture Sector
There exists a total land area of 328 million hectares in the Indian geographical area. The net cropland area of India ranges 175-180 million hectares and stands first in the world followed by USA, China and Russia in that order. In Indian agriculture, we mainly find disguised unemployment, which is nothing but a kind of unemployment in which some people are seemed to be employed but actually they are not.
Most of the forest area is under Government control. It also plays very important role in agriculture in the form of environmental protection and for ensuring ecological balance.