This document shows the changing distribution of India's workforce across the agriculture, industry, and services sectors from 1950-51 to 2015-16. It shows a decline in agriculture from 59% to 17% and a rise in services from 28% to 53% over this period. It also lists problems with India's foreign trade such as a growing trade deficit, lack of foreign exchange, and increasing external indebtedness due to higher imports. Finally, it defines occupational structure as the distribution of the workforce among the three sectors of the economy.

1. 59%
13%
28%
1950-51
Agriculture
Industry
Service
35%
25%
40%
1990-91
Agriculture
Industry
Service
20%
24%
56%
2011-12
Agriculture
Industry
Service
17%
30%
53%
2015-16
17
30
53

2. Problem of India’s Foreign Trade
• Increasing trade deficit
• Lack of foreign exchange
• Inflation due to deficit financing
• Imports more than exports
• Increasing external indebtedness

3. OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE
• The distribution of workforce among the three different sectors of the
economy.
72.1
66.8
48.9
42.7
10.7 12.7
24.3 23.8
17.2
20.5
26.8
5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1950-51 1990-91 2011-12 2015-16
Chart Title
PRIMARY SECTOR SECONDARY SECTOR TERTIARY SECTOR