Trends in worker productivity (at current prices) across different worker categories in India (Rs/worker)
Year
Agricultural labour
Cultivator
Farm workers
Non-farm rural workers
All rural workers
Urban
1970-71
821
1114
1018
2294
1203
3829
1980-81
1788
2425
2216
6248
2878
8456
1993-94
5040
12271
9410
25822
12947
38934
1999-00
9246
22807
17059
51789
25380
89180
2004-05
10480
25183
19933
82990
37273
120419
2011-12
33937
77144
62208
171836
101755
282515
From above table we can see that Statement 1 is incorrect.
Share of rural areas in total NDP and workforce (percent)
Year
Economy
Workforce
1970-71
62.4
84.1
1980-81
58.9
80.8
1993-94
54.3
77.8
1999-00
48.1
76.1
2004-05
48.1
74.6
2011-12
46.9
70.9
From above table we can see that Statement 2 is incorrect as percentage share of rural areas in workforce has steadily decreased. Post 1991 reforms, the growth in non – farm economies increasedin Rural Areas. Hence Statement 3 is correct. Economic reforms have accelerated growth but failed to generate adequate employment. For example, the rural unemployment rate, after declining to 5.61 percent in 1993-94, rose to 7.21 percent in 1999-2000as did the All-India (urban plus rural) rate of unemployment. Hence Statement 4 is correct.