The correct answer is option 4, i.e. Agriculture.
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Which of the following economic activities employs the maximum number of people in India?
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Agriculture
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- The agriculture sector employs the maximum no. of people in India, whereas it has the least contribution to GDP.
- The opposite scenario is due to lack of technological up-gradation in agriculture, disguise employment, land fragmentation and low agriculture input.’
- According to the Census of 2001, the Agricultural sector employs 56 %.
- This is mainly due to large availability of unskilled labor.
- The Manufacturing sector is the second-largest employer, which employs 13.4%.
- The Electricity, gas and water supply sector employs the least 0.5%.
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