changing industrial structure

• a countrys industrial structure is the percentage of people working in each job type
• india has skipped large scale industrialisation and has instead drawn upon its highly skilled, IT literate workforce
• there are four main types of jobs or industries in india:

  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
  • quaternary
• primary involves getting raw materials from the land, eg farming, forestry or mining
• primary industry employs 49 percent of the working population, but is becoming a smaller part of Indias economy, it only makes up 17 percent of its GDP
• secondary is the making of products out of raw materials, eg car manufacturing
• secondary industry has grown to employ 22 percent of the workforce. they are stimulating economic development, they provide people with reliable jobs and brings more income than selling raw materials
• tertiary is providing service, such as doctors and teachers
• quaternary is ICT and research eg scientists
• tertiary and quaternary industries have become a much larger part of the economy, employing 29 percent of the workforce. tertiary and quaternary industries contribute 53 percent to indias GDP
• up until the 1980s, Indias main type of industry was primary and many people were subsistence farmers, which is not very profitable
• from the late 1980s, the indian government encouraged foreign transnational corporations to set up within the country, factories were built and secondary jobs in manufacturing were created
• workers in the tertiary sector are paid more than in primary and secondary
• the additional wealth in India has generated a multiplier effect - as one thing improves, it allows other things to improve as well