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Story in numbers: From agriculture to construction, where do Indians work?

Currently, 43% of India's total workforce is employed in agriculture

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The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on India's economy and workforce.

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In 2013-14, as per the economic census, there were 59 million non-agricultural establishments employing 131 million persons. Disaggregation of the units by size shows that very small units with 1-5 workers were an overwhelming 96% and these employed 70% of the workforce in non-agricultural employment.
 
On the other hand, large units employing more than 100 workers were very few, amounting to just 0.06% of the nation's total non-agricultural units and employing only 8% of its non-agricultural workforce.
 
Currently, 43% of India's total workforce is employed in agriculture. Of the 57% non-agricultural jobs, the services and trade sector together