India has practiced exceptional growth in the past decade and
occupied the 9th rank in terms of nominal gross domestic product. At present,
India holds the second position in the world in agricultural production. The
present study is an effort to measure agricultural sector dynamics of special
status Indian states applying the Wroclaw Taxonomic technique based upon
composite index based on optimum combinations of nine agricultural performance
indicators. The constructed agricultural sector development index shows that
ranking of 11 specific states of India on the bases of selected indicators. The
state-wise data on these indicators for the year 2016-17was used for obtaining
the level of development of 11 specific states of India out of total 29 states
of India. The study utilizes very recent time point for measurement of
agriculture development for eleven special status states of India. It is found
that Assam scores first rank in the agriculture development whereas Mizoram
stands on the last position. Wide disparities have been observed in the level
of agricultural development between different special status states of India.
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