Excessive dependence on agriculture means continuous decline in the per capital availability of land for the population engaged in agricultural work. Due to this reason, agriculture was mostly considered as merely a source of sustaining livelihood and not profitable. So, at the time of gaining independence, most of the population percentage was engaged in agricultural work, as a result of which, Indian economy was in a state of extreme backwardness, i. e. common people had to perform unflagging labour in order to earn two meals a day.
