The surplus labor industry which includes self employed labor and petty production industries, accounted for more than 55 percent of all service sector employment. Whereas, new industries like finance, IT-BPO, and organized retail industry accounted for only about 15 percent of the service sector employment.
Share of service sector employment in India in 2016, by industry
*Surplus industries refer to industries dominated by self-employment and petty production. Social industries refer to the education, health, and public administration sectors. And finance, IT-BPO, and organized retail.
Numbers do not add up to 100 due to exclusion of some industries in the source data.
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