Consider the following statements Assertion A Before 1991 majority of female workers in India were f...........

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Consider the following statements.

Assertion (A): Before 1991, majority of female workers, in India, were from rural areas, but post-1991 their majority is found in urban areas.

Reason (R): Industrial and services sector have grown faster than agriculture after 1991 post the introduction of New Economic Policy.

In the context of the above, which of these is correct?

A is correct, and R is an appropriate explanation of A.

A is correct, but R is not an appropriate explanation of A.

A is correct, but R is incorrect.

A is incorrect, but R is correct.

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Explanation:

Of the total 402 million workers, 275 million are males and 127 million females. This would mean that 51.7 percent of the total males and 25.6 percent of the total females are workers. Majority of female workers (87.3 percent) are from rural areas. This is also twice that of male workers, which may be due to their being employed predominantly in activities like cultivation and agricultural labour. The trend has not changed much even after 1991. So, A is wrong. In the urban areas, majority of female workers are engaged in Households industry and other work. Interestingly, among marginal workers females outnumber the males. In three of the four categories, viz. cultivators, agricultural labourers and household industries, female marginal workers outnumber male workers.