Trends of occupational pattern in India: An analysis NSSO

This paper explains the trends of occupational distribution in India. The occupation has been divided into primary activities, secondary activities and tertiary activities. Occupational distribution of labour force analysis that share of primary sector is declining and on the other side, service sector is increasing. Growth of workforce in non-agriculture is higher than that of agriculture. Growth of female workers engaged in non-agriculture is higher than their male counterparts. There has been a minor shift in employment away from agriculture to non-agriculture sector in the case of both rural female and urban female. Therefore, in secondary and territory sector, the share of employment is slowly increasing. The main findings of the study reveal structural change with decline in agriculture employment for both male and female employment. The paper is based on secondary data as used NSSO survey since 1993-9 to 2011–12.