Question

Assertion (A): Agriculture can be considered as an activity of the unorganized sector in India
Reason (R): Agricultural labourers have no job security and rules and regulations to protect
the labourers are not followed.

Answer 1

Answer:

In the rural areas, the unorganised sector mostly comprises of landless agricultural labourers, small and marginal farmers, sharecroppers.Nearly 80 per cent of rural households in India are in small and marginal farmer category. It is an activity of an unorganised sector due to the following reasons:

i) No fixed working hours.

ii) No provident fund, gratuity.

iii) Job is low-paid and often not regular.

iv) Employment is not secure.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both assertion and reason is true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion