Chapter 2

NCERT
Class 10
Economics
Solutions
4. The table below shows the estimated number of workers in India in the organised and unorganised sectors. Read the table carefully. Fill in the missing data and answer the questions that follow.
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Question:

The table below shows the estimated number of workers in India in the organised and unorganised sectors. Read the table carefully. Fill in the missing data and answer the questions that follow.

Table 2.3 Workers in Different Sectors (In Millions)

Sector Organised Unorganised Total
Primary 01 232
Secondary 41 74 115
Tertiary 40 88 128
Total 82
Total in Percentage 100%

(i) What is the percentage of people in the unorganised sector in agriculture?

(ii) Do you agree that agriculture is an unorganised sector activity? Why?

(iii) If we look at the country as a whole, we find that ___(A)___% of the workers in India are in the unorganised sector. Organised sector employment is available to only about ___(B)___% of the workers in India.

Answer:

After completing the data, the table looks as follows:

Table 2.3 Workers in Different Sectors (In Millions)

Sector Organised Unorganised Total
Primary 01 132 232
Secondary 41 74 115
Tertiary 40 88 128
Total 82 393
Total in Percentage 17.26% 82.74% 100%

(i) Percentage of people engaged in agriculture = 231/393 × 100 = 78.84%

(ii) Agriculture is an unorganized sector activity because the working hours of farmers or landless farmers or laborers engaged in agricultural work are not fixed. They do not have the security of employment. They do not get fixed wages or salary. Apart from this, his income is low and irregular.

(iii) (A) 82.74%, (B) 17.26%

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