A quarter of Indian workforce is now employed in industries

The Four Asian ‘Tigers’ — Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan — as well as mainland China were lucky that the transition of their workforce from agriculture to manufacturing happened when manufacturing was still labour-intensive across the world. India’s liberalisation, however, saw massive automation of manufacturing, so there was no smooth shift of workforce from agriculture to industry. Despite this, there has been a steady increase in employment in this sector. Here's a look.