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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Chapter 2

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Economics

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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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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%

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(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%

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(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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