The new millennium has seen a marked increase in India’s GDP growth
rateaccompanied by a slowshift in the structure of both output and employment.The
contributions to GDP over 2000-01 to 2011-12changed foragriculture from 24 to 14 per cent,
for industry from 27 to 28 per cent, and for services from 49 to 58 per cent.Similarly the
structure of employment for the same period also changed: for agriculture from 61 to 49 per
cent, for industry from 15.5 to 24.3 per cent and for services from 22.5 to 26.7 per cent.