Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsINDUSTRIAL SECTOR3 Marks
Question
MOW do industries help in raising employment?
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Answer
Employment:
India is a highly populated nation. The country is not able to provide employment to its entire labour force. However, India has increased employment opportunities with the planned efforts in the development of industrial sectors.
Through the planned effort in industrial sector, India has increased employment opportunities.
In the year $1951, 10.6\%$ labourers were employed in industries. It rose to $24.3\%$ in $2011-12.$
There was a rapid increase in small scale industries which mainly work on labour intensive methods. With increase in small scale industries employment problem has been solved to a great extent. This can be further increased by proper planning.
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