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Write short note : Increasing economic disparities between rural and urban populations.

  • UPSC 1998
  • Population Dynamics

The rural-urban gap is not an accident of development but a structural product of it. Its engine is the sectoral scissors: agriculture still engages 46.1 per cent of the workforce (Periodic Labour Force Survey, 2023-24) while contributing about a sixth of gross value added. When a large share of workers produces a small share of…

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