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The majority of the population in India lives in villages. The village is the back bone of the country. Village or rural agriculture play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural agriculture development. This study provides the theoretical framework and empirical model for productivity growth evaluations in agricultural sector as one of the most important sectors in agriculture economic development plan. We use the Solow residual model to measure the productivity growth share in the value-added growth of the agricultural sector. Our time series data includes value-added per worker, employment, and capital in this sector. Considering the effective role of capital in the agricultural low productivity. Agriculture sector also known as primary sector is essential for economic growth in any economy including India. The battle for long-run economic growth is either won or lost in the agricultural sector. This study empirically examines the impact of agricultural sector on the economic growth of India. Agriculture economic growth rate is the bedrock of economic growth in the India development and poverty eradication in the developing countries. Agriculture economic growth rate had been also regarded as the engine and panacea to economic growth prosperity. The agriculture economic growth rate is battle for long-term economic growth will be won or lost in the agricultural sector. There are three goals of agricultural development in India. These are: (a) achieving high growth by raising productivity; (b) inclusiveness by focusing on lagging regions, small farmers and women; and (c) sustainability of agriculture. In this paper,