Tarihin Noma a kasar Indiya ya samo asali ne daga wayewar Indus Valley. Indiya tana matsayi na biyu a duniya a cikin kayan aikin gona. Dangane da shekarar 2018, aikin noma ya ɗauki sama da kashi 50% na sana'a ko aikin mutanen Indiya kuma ya ba da gudummawar 17-18% ga GDP na ƙasar. A shekarata 2016, aikin gona da bangarorin haɗin gwiwa kamar kiwon dabbobi, gandun daji da kamun kifi sun kai kashi 15.4% na GDP (babban abin cikin gida) tare da kusan 41.49% na ma'aikata a 2020. Indiya ita ce ta farko. a duniya tare da yanki mafi yawan amfanin gona da Amurka da China ke bi. Gudummawar tattalin arziki na aikin gona ga GDP na Indiya yana raguwa a hankali tare da ci gaban tattalin arziƙin ƙasar. Har yanzu, aikin noma shine yawan jama'a mafi girman tattalin arziƙi kuma yana taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin tsarin zamantakewar tattalin arziƙin kasar Indiya gaba ɗaya.