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In which field do you think India can build the maximum employment opportunity?
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Points to remember
- Agriculture is the most labour-absorbing sector. But due to disguised unemployment people’s dependency is declining.
- Surplus labour in agriculture has moved either to the secondary or the tertiary sector.
- In the secondary sector , small-scale manufacturing is the most labour-absorbing .
- In the tertiary sector , various new services are now appearing like biotechnology , information technology and so on.
- Secondary and tertiary sectors can build maximum employment opportunities.
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- Agriculture is the most labour-absorbing sector of the economy but in recent years, there has been a decline in the dependence of the population on agriculture partly because of disguised unemployment .
- Some of the surplus labour in agriculture has moved either to the secondary or the tertiary sector.
- In the secondary sector , small-scale manufacturing is the most labour-absorbing .
- In the tertiary sector , various new services are now appearing like biotechnology , information technology and so on.
- So, the secondary and tertiary sectors can build maximum employment opportunities.
