Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Employment: Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues NCERT Solutions | Find the odd man out (i) owner of a salo

Why are regular salaried employees more in urban areas than in rural areas?

Why are less women found in regular salaried employment?

Compared to urban women, more rural women are found working. Why?

Analyse the recent trends in sectoral distribution of workforce in India.

Define worker-population ratio.

The following table shows distribution of workforce in India for the year 1972-73. Analyse it and give reasons for the nature of workforce distribution. You will notice that the data is pertaining to the situation in India 30 years ago!

Is it necessary to generate employment in the formal sector rather than in the informal sector? Why?

Who is a casual wage labourer?

An establishment with four hired workers is known as (formal/informal) sector establishment.

Do you think that in the last 50 years, employment generated in the country is commensurate with the growth of GDP in India? How?

What was the focus of the economic policies pursued by the colonial government in India? What were the impacts of these policies?

What are the two major sources of human capital in a country?

What do you mean by rural development? Bring out the key issues in rural development.

Define a plan?

Explain the term ‘infrastructure’.

What is meant by environment?

Why are regional and economic groupings formed?

Why were reforms introduced in India?

Why calorie-based norm is not adequate to identify the poor?

Name some notable economists who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial period?

Explain the two categories into which infrastructure is divided. How are both interdependent?

Do you think outsourcing is good for India? Why are developed countries opposing it?

Comment on the growth rate trends witnessed in China and India in the last two decades.

Is environmental crisis a recent phenomenon? If so, why?

How has women’s health become a matter of great concern?

Match the following:

What is the significance of ‘energy’? Differentiate between commercial and non-commercial sources of energy.

Why are employment generation programmes important in poverty alleviation in India?

What is the meaning of quantitative restrictions?

Compare and contrast India and China’s sectoral contribution towards GDP in 2003. What does it indicate?