Agripreneurship – a way to boost up economy K. Santhanalaxmi 1 , Dr. S. Chandramohan 2 1. K. Santhanalaxmi, Research Scholar, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi. 2. Dr. S. Chandramohan, Professor, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi. E-mail id: santhanalaxmik@gmail.com Abstract: India is one of the agricultural country in the world. The current economic condition of the country is not favouring the agricultural sector in a better way. Farmers find it difficult to buy the agricultural subsidiaries as they are costly. The development of technology replace many things from payment of bills in the queue to paying through their mobile phones in their places to delivering the groceries to the home, but it cannot replace the food we eat every day. Agriculture need to be develop for the better economic development and through this the employment opportunities can also be created. Agripreneurship deals with the technical development in the agricultural field to produce harmless food products at a lower cost with simple innovative equipment. There is a huge scope not only increasinglivingstandards of rural India but strengthening the nationaleconomy bymaking it globally competitive.This paper deals with the agripreneurship techniques, their impact on economy, and various support for the agriculture and steps to uplift the economy of the country. Keywords: Agripreneurship, Employment, Innovative technologies, Schemes on Agripreneurship. Introduction Indian economy is essentially agrarian economy. On 2.4 percent of world land India is overseeing 17.5 percent of world populace. During the early independence, the greater part of the national salary was contributed by horticulture alongside additional than 70 percent of complete populace was reliant on horticulture.Agribusiness and united areas are considered to be pillar of the Indian economy in light of the fact that these are significant wellsprings of crude materials for businesses and they requests for numerous modern items especially composts, pesticides, farming executes and an assortment of purchaser products. Because of the evolving socio, monetary, political, ecological and social measurements over the world, ranchers' what's more, countries' possibilities for survival and for reasonably guaranteeing accomplishment in changing their individual monetary situations has become progressively basic. It is likewise significant that the development of the free showcase economies comprehensively has come about in the advancement of another soul of big business "Agripreneurship" also, the expanded individual requirement for duty regarding running their very own organizations. Business enterprise is associated with discovering available Science, Technology and Development Volume VIII Issue XII DECEMBER 2019 ISSN : 0950-0707 Page No : 391