Enumerate the status of employment in …

The status of employment in India is shown below:

1. The distribution of the work-force has improved but even today 60% of the workforce finds employment in the primary sector. A remarkable feature of employment’s situation in India is that there has been a shift directly from the primary sector to the tertiary sector in India.
2. Though agriculture contributes less than one-fourth to the national income, it employs more than half of the workforce. Primary sector continues to employ the largest number of workers because not enough jobs were created in the secondary and tertiary sector. As a result, almost half of India's population is engaged in the agricultural sector. 
3. A situation of underemployment prevails in India. A person is willing to work but is not able to get employment of his choice. Disguised unemployment is very common in the agriculture sector. There are more people working in the fields than required. If the extra people are removed, output remains the same.
4. The fact that the primary sector employs more but has less contribution in GDP signifies that people in the primary sector are in disguised unemployment. Hence, the status of employment in India is that people are not working to their potential. 
5. Apart from that, the secondary and tertiary sector employs people with high skills and education. There are people like painters, plumbers and repair persons, who may spend the whole day working but earn very little.