Indian Economic Development

Employment

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In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in ________.

This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas.

Employment

Production of goods and services

Unemployment

Output

✅ Correct Option: 1

India experienced jobless growth where GDP increased rapidly but employment did not grow proportionally. This gap between economic growth and employment generation forced the government to launch special employment programmes, especially targeting rural areas. The blank requires "employment" as GDP growth occurred without a simultaneous increase in employment.

2026: 23 May Shift 1

Worker Population Ratio indicates ___________.

2023: 30 May Shift 1

There has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This is known as __________ growth.

2023: 20 June Shift 1

Which of the following are operating in the informal sector of the country?

A. Cycle-rickshaw puller

B. Civil engineer in a government construction enterprises

C. Cook in a hostel which employs nine hired workers

D. Private school teacher in a school which has eleven hired teachers.

E. Farmer cultivating his plot of land

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2022: 15 July Shift 2

The contribution made by agriculture, industrial and services sector together contribute:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Match List I with List II

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Growth in GDP without generating employment	I.	Formal Sector
B.	Process of moving self employment and regular salaried to casual wage work	II.	Jobless Growth
C.	All establishments which employ 10 hired workers or more	III.	Casualization of work force
D.	Increases in proportion of workforce in informal sector	IV.	Informalization of work force

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2022: 10 Aug Shift 2

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I (Programmes)	List - II (Objective)
(A) National Social Assistance Programme	(I) Promoting savings
(B) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act	(II) Pension to the elderly
(C) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana	(III) Self-employment programme
(D) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana	(IV) Wage employment programme

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in ________. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas.

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In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in ________.

This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas.