Which one of the following sector provides highest employment in Indian economy?

Agriculture and allied activities provide the highest employment in the Indian economy.

Important Points

• In India, Agriculture employs 50%-60% of the population.
• Agriculture is included in the primary sector.
• It creates employment for most of the Indian population because despite employing the majority of the workforce, the agricultural region's extremely low GDP contribution is caused by its low productivity. As a result, even a large group of workers is unable to achieve an extremely high level of farm output that would add to GDP.

Additional Information

• The eight-core sectors of the Indian economy are:
  • Electricity
  • Steel
  • Refinery products
  • Crude oil
  • Coal
  • Cement
  • Natural gas
  • Fertilizers
• All the workers in these divisions can be grouped into three major sectors for the sake of simplicity:
  • the primary sector, which includes divisions (1) and (2) 
  • the secondary sector, which includes divisions (3), (4), and (5); and
  • the service sector, which includes divisions (6), (7), and (8).
• Only 24% of the workers are employed in the secondary industry.
• About 31% of workers work in the service industry.