1) Read the passage carefully and answer quesƟons on the basis of the
same:
An important lesson that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the policymakers
in India is to provide greater impetus to sectors that make beƩer allocaƟon of
resources and reduce income inequaliƟes. COVID-19 has also taught a lesson
that in crisis the populaƟon returns to rely on the farm sector. India has a large
arable land, but the farm sector has its own structural problems. However,
directly or indirectly, 50 percent of the households sƟll depend on the farm
sector. Greater support to MSMEs, higher public expenditure on health and
educaƟon and making the labour force a formal employee in the economy is
some of the milestones that the naƟon has to achieve.
One of the imminent reforms to be done in the country is labour reforms.
Labour laws are outmoded in India, and some of these dates back to the last
century.
India’s complex labour laws have been blamed for keeping manufacturing
businesses small and hindering job creaƟon. Industry hires labour informally
because of complex laws and that is responsible for low wages.
QUESTIONS:
1-Which types of structural problems are faced by the agricultural sector?
2- “It is necessary to create employment in the formal sector rather than in the
informal sector.’’ Defend or refute the given statement with valid argument.
3-Hired labour comes in …………………. (Informal organizaƟon / formal
organizaƟon)
4-What do you mean by MSMEs
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