Consider the following statements about the changing structure of the workforce in India:
(A) For many workers, the home is becoming the workplace.
(B) Rapid GDP growth without more jobs has pushed the government to create jobs, mainly in rural areas.
(C) In outsourcing, a big firm opens new specialist departments of its own.
(D) Outsourced jobs may go to specialist individuals situated even in other countries.
(E) These changes have improved the social security of most workers.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) For many workers, the home is becoming the workplace. — Correct. Outsourcing has changed the old idea of the factory or office.
(B) Rapid GDP growth without more jobs has pushed the government to create jobs, mainly in rural areas. — Correct. GDP grew fast but jobs did not, so the government stepped in, particularly in rural areas.
(C) In outsourcing, a big firm opens new specialist departments of its own. — Incorrect. It is the reverse. The firm closes some specialist departments and hands the work to small units or individuals.
(D) Outsourced jobs may go to specialist individuals situated even in other countries. — Correct. The work can go anywhere.
(E) These changes have improved the social security of most workers. — Incorrect. The changes have not gone in favour of the worker. Social security is limited.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.10 Conclusion … Outsourcing of work is becoming a common practice. It means that a big firm finds it profitable to close down some of its specialist departments (for example, legal or computer programming or customer service sections) and hand over a large number of small piecemeal jobs to very small enterprises or specialist individuals, sometimes situated even in other countries. The traditional notion of the modern factory or office, as a result, has been altered in such a manner that for many the home is becoming the workplace. All of this change has not gone in favour of the individual worker. The nature of employment has become more informal with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers. In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas.” |