Sectoral Share of Employment and GDP (%) in Sector Contribution to GDP Distribution of Workforce India India Agriculture Industry Services Total Work These Out Ø Do you think it is necessary for India and Pakistan to concentrate on the manu- facturing sector as China does? Why? Ø Scholars argue that the service sector should not be considered as an engine of growth whereas India and Pakistan have raised their share of output mainly in this sector only. What do you think?
has declined. In the case of service sector, China and India were able to raise its rate of growth during - while Pakistan stagnated with its service sector growth. Thus, China’s growth is mainly contributed by the manufacturing sector and India’s growth by service sector. During this period, has shown deceleration in all the three sectors.
. I NDICATORS OF H UMAN D EVELOPMENT You might have studied about the importance of human development indicators in the lower classes and the position of many developed and developing countries. Let us look how India, China and Pakistan have performed in some of the select indicators of human development. Look at Table .
. TABLE . Trends in Output Growth in Different Sectors, - Country - - Agriculture Industry Service Agriculture Industry Service India . .
Some Selected Indicators of Human Development, - Item India Human Development Index (Value) . . . Rank (based on HDI) Life Expectancy at birth (years) .
. . Adult Literacy Rate (% aged and above) . .
. GDP per capita (PPP US$) 11524 People below poverty line (at $ a day ppp)(%) Infant Mortality Rate (per live births) Maternal Mortality Rate (per lakh births) Population using improved sanitation (%) Population