Agriculture in India defines familial tradition, social relations, and gender roles. Women in the agricultural sector, whether through traditional means or industrial, for subsistence or as an agricultural laborer, represents a momentous demographic group. Agriculture is directly tied to issues such as economic independence, decision-making abilities, agency and access to education and health services and this manner has created externalities such as poverty and marginalization and compounded issues of gender inequality. Agriculture continues to play an important role in most non-industrial economies, as a major contributor to the country's GDP and as a source of employment and livelihood.