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The agriculture sector is playing a crucial role in the overall growth of the Indian economy despite its structural shifts towards the service sectors during recent decades. Although the contribution of agriculture has declined drastically from 55.1% in 1950-51 to 17.4% in 2016-17,this sector remains as a major source of employment in the rural sector. Improving agricultural productivity has been the main strategy for economic development and poverty alleviation for several decades .However ,it has now been realized that the share of agriculture in national output declines much faster than the share of agricultural employment in total employment and widening the income disparity between agricultural non agricultural sectors. The government aimed at promoting inclusive growth as high national income alone did not address the major challenges of the economy .This paper looks into the challenges in attaining inclusive growth and development in agricultural sector.