Explanation:

The Census of India, 2001 (GOI) recorded a substantial shift of rural workforce from agriculture to non-agriculture sectors during the decade of 1990s.The census show that the share of agricultural workers in total rural main workers declined from 73.5 per cent in 1991 to 53.5 per cent in 2001,a fall of 20 percentage points.The corresponding decline during the period of two decades (1971-1991) was just 6 percentage points.The proportion of agricultural workforce in Punjab’s total workforce declined from 55.26 per cent in 1991 to 39.40 per cent in 2001, a fall of approximately 2.77 and 4.24 percentage points during 1981-91 and 1971-81, respectively. As per the Census (2001), 66 per cent population and 70 per cent of workforce in Punjab are living in rural areas. In this context, Punjab continues to be predominantly a rural economy in terms of share of population and workforce.Punjab agriculture’s share witnessed a substantial fall in NSDP whereas the workforce declined marginally during 1961-1991.The share of agriculture and livestock in NSDP, at current prices, declined from 52.00 per cent in 1960-61 to 44.10 per cent
in 1990-91.As compared to it, the share of agricultural workforce in the total workforce in Punjab declined from 55.89 per cent in 1961 to 55.26 per cent in 1991.