Industrial development not only depens on innovation and capital outflow in a country, but also it needs availability of raw materials and adequate physical infrastructural facilities. Agriculture is one of the major raw material providing sector for major industries like paper, sugar, textile, fertilizers, chemical, edible oil, etc., Agro-based industries can play an important role to a large extent in solving the problem of poverty, unemployment and inequality in India and can significantly contribute to the overall development of the economy by efficiently utilizing the local raw materials which consequently may result in increase of gainful employment opportunities to poor people mainly landless, marginal and small farmers. This paper discuss in the performance of agro based industries in India.