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Case Study: India's Changing Industrial Structure

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India's Changing Industrial Structure

The rapid development that is happening in India is resulting in changes to their industrial structure.

Primary industry

Primary industry

  • Like many LICs or NEEs, lots of India's population works in agriculture. Over half of workers work in primary industries (farming, mining etc).
  • Fuels and oil are worth 14.9% of India's exports and minerals from mining make up 12.4% of India's exports.
  • Although it employs over 50% of people, primary industries only create 12% of India's GNI.
Secondary industry

Secondary industry

  • Manufacturing (or secondary industries) account for 28% of India's GDP. Manufacturing is more 'labour-intensive' than software, which is good because it creates lots of jobs.
  • Exporting manufactured products is better for development than exporting commodities (raw materials) and more of the value-added stays in the country.
  • In 2018, vehicles made up 5.2% of India's exports and machinery made up 6.3% of India's exports.
Tertiary and quaternary industries

Tertiary and quaternary industries

  • Tertiary and quaternary sectors now account for 60% of Indian GDP, but they only created 22% of Indian jobs. This is because lots of these jobs are in software, which does not need as many workers as farming or mining.
  • Infosys and Tata Consulting are two of India's largest software businesses and Byju's is one of India's largest 'start-ups'.
  • Lots of Western businesses, like British Airways have outsourced their customer service and software development functions to India in recent years.
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