Given below are two statements:
Statement I: In the late 1990s, India produced more goods and services without generating matching employment.
Statement II: Jobless growth means a rise in employment without any rise in output.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement I: In the late 1990s, India produced more goods and services without generating matching employment. — Correct. The gap between GDP growth and employment growth widened in those years.
Statement II: Jobless growth means a rise in employment without any rise in output. — Incorrect. It is the reverse. Output rises without new jobs.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.6 Growth and Changing Structure of Employment … Chart 6.3 also points at another disheartening development in the late 1990s: employment growth started declining and reached the level of growth that India had in the early stages of planning. During these years, we also find a widening gap between the growth of GDP and employment. This means that in the Indian economy, without generating employment, we have been able to produce more goods and services. Scholars refer to this phenomenon as jobless growth. …” |