Employment : Growth, Informalisation And Other Issues
Analyse the recent trends in sectoral distribution of workforce in India.
Primary Sector is the main source of employment for majority of workers in India. Secondary Sector provides employment to only 16 percent of workforce. About 24 percent of workers are in the services sector. More than three-fourths of workforce in rural India depends on agriculture and mining. About 10 percent of the rural workers are working in manufacturing industries, construction and other sectors.
Service sector provides employment to only about 13 percent of rural workers. About 60 percent of urban workers are in the services sector. The secondary sector gives employment to about 30 percent of urban workforce. Women workers concentration is very high in primary sector. Men get opportunities in both secondary and services sectors.
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What is structural unemployment?
What do you mean by seasonal unemployment?
What is the open unemployment?
What is technical unemployment?
What is educated unemployment?
What is disguised unemployment?
What are the main causes of educated unemployment?
What is the main cause of urban unemployment?
What types of unemployment are found in rural sector of the country?
Who developed the concept of unemployment in India?
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