Arrange in ascending order of sequence in terms of Indian Industrialization.
(A) Lack of job security
(B) Shift from primary to tertiary sector witnessed
(C) Process of disinvestment emerged
(D) Majority of population enrolled in agriculture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (B), (C), (A)
(D) Majority of population enrolled in agriculture — the starting point. Most Indians worked in agriculture, and even in 2018–19 nearly 43% were still employed in the primary sector (agriculture and mining).
(B) Shift from primary to tertiary sector witnessed — as the economy grew, the share of agriculture in growth declined sharply, and services now contribute more than half.
(C) Process of disinvestment emerged — under the policy of liberalisation followed since the 1990s, the government began trying to sell its share in several public sector companies, a process known as disinvestment.
(A) Lack of job security — the result: many government workers are scared that after disinvestment they will lose their jobs, and more and more companies are reducing their permanent employees and outsourcing work to smaller firms.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.2 Industrialisation in India The Specificity of Indian Industrialisation … Let us start with one point of difference, relating to what kind of work people are doing. In developed countries, the majority of people are in the services sector, followed by industry and less than 10% are in agriculture (ILO figures). In India, in 2018–19, nearly 43% were employed in the primary sector (agriculture and mining), 17% in the secondary sector (manufacturing, construction and utilities), and 32% in the tertiary sector (trade, transport, financial services, etc.) However, if we look at the contribution of these sectors to economic growth, the share of agriculture has declined sharply, and services contribute approximately more than half.…” “…The government is trying to sell its share in several public sector companies, a process which is known as disinvestment. Many government workers are scared that after disinvestment, they will lose their jobs. In ‘Modern Foods’, which was set up by the government to make healthy bread available at cheap prices, and which was the first company to be privatised, 60% of the workers were forced to retire in the first five years. More and more companies are reducing the number of permanent employees and outsourcing their work to smaller companies or even to homes.…” |