SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

INDIAN ECONOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Employment in the service sector has ____ to the same extent as production.
A
increased
B
not increased
C
stabilized
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Since bulk of the India workforce continues to depend on primary sector activities, job creation concentrated in services industries like banking, insurance, public administration, and IT (information technology) cannot absorb the vast majority of surplus sector workers in the economy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Not all the service sectors are growing equally well. Service sector in India employs many different kinds of people. At one end there are limited number of services that employ highly skilled and educated workers.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a result, more than half of the workers in the country are working in the primary sector, mainly in agriculture, producing only about one sixth of the GDP. In contrast to this, the secondary and tertiary sectors produce the rest of the produce whereas they employ less about half the people.

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