Describe the occupational structure of India.
The occupational structure of India:
The distribution of the population according to different types of occupation is referred to as the occupational structure. In India, about 64 per cent of the population is engaged only in agriculture. The proportion of population dependent on secondary and tertiary sectors is about 13 and 20 per cent respectively. There has been an occupational shift in favour of secondary and tertiary sectors because of growing industrialisation and urbanisation in recent times.