“There has been a big change in the three sectors of economic activities in India but similar shift has not taken place in the share of employment.” Explain the above statement.
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There has been a big change in the three sectors of economic activities, but a similar shift has not taken place in the share of employment. Explain the above statement on the basis of facts.
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answered Nov 26, 2018 by priya12 (-12,630 points)
(i) Industrial output has increased by 8 times but employment in the sector has increased only by 2-5 times.
(ii) In the tertiary sector, the production of services rose by 11 times but employment in the services rose only by 3 times.
(iii) More than half of the workers in the country are working in the primary sector producing only one quarter of the goods.
(iv) Secondary and tertiary sectors produce three fourths of the produce whereas, they only employ half of the country’s workers.
(v) Primary sector has disguised employment whereas workers in secondary and tertiary sectors work overtime.