OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE

Occupational structure refers to the distribution of working persons across different industries and sectors. During the colonial period, the occupational structure of India showed little sign of change.

Occupational structure on the eve of Independence:

1. Agriculture as Principal source of Occupation- With a large number of the working population engaged in agriculture, it became the source of livelihood and their only source of occupation. This shows the backwardness of the country in terms of lack of employment outside agriculture.

2. The industry as an Insignificant Source of Occupation- Very few people were engaged in the industrial sector, this proves the backwardness of the Indian economy on the eve of Independence.

3. Unbalanced Growth- Only when all the sectors of the economy are equally developed there is balanced growth, but in the case of India except for agriculture all the other sectors were in the infant stage leading to the backwardness of the country.