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Economy of Assam
Overview
The Economy of Assam is largely agrarian, with a majority of the population engaged in agriculture. The real GSDP increased approximately 6.1 percent annually between 2002 and 2012, and increased approximately 7.2 percent annually between 2012 to 2025.
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Assam is a state in Northeast India, located south of the Eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley and Barak River valleys. It covers an area of 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi), and is the second largest state in northeastern India by area.
The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Neolithic period. India ranks second worldwide in farm output. As per the Indian Economic Survey 2025-26, agriculture and allied activities accounted for 46.1% of the Indian workforce and contributed 15.
Agriculture is the practice of cultivating the soil, planting, raising, and harvesting both food and non-food crops, as well as livestock production. Broader definitions also include forestry and aquaculture.
Real gross domestic product is a macroeconomic measure of the value of economic output adjusted for price changes. This adjustments transforms the money-value measure, nominal GDP, into an index for quantity of total output.
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all of the final goods and services which are produced and rendered during a specific period of time by a country or countries.
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What is Economy of Assam?
The Economy of Assam is largely agrarian, with a majority of the population engaged in agriculture. The real GSDP increased approximately 6.1 percent annually between 2002 and 2012, and increased approximately 7.2 percent annually between 2012 to 2025.
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The main concepts connected to Economy of Assam include Assam, Agriculture in India, Agriculture, Real gross domestic product, Gross domestic product. Each is linked on the map above with its own summary.
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Economy of Assam is part of State Studies, which appears in the syllabus of APSC.