International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
Dr. C Paramasivan, R Pasupathi

Abstract
Agriculture is the primary occupation and the major economic factor of India. It provides more number of employment opportunities and business strategies to the society. Mostly, peoples from India are concerning with agriculture sector directly and indirectly. Not only agricultural industries, agro based industries are also generating agro products and also it creates more employment opportunities to the peoples like farmers, agricultural workers, industrial workers, wholesalers, retailers exporters and others. Exports have played an important role in India’s economic growth in the post independent period. The contribution of food based agro products and allied products to total exports have been increased gradually to make a concrete share to the GDP of the nation. India needs to produce its commodities more competitive at the global level. This paper is analyzing the status of agro based food products and its exports performance over the years by India.