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Public Sectors and Private Sectors

In this article, we will analyse the various commerce sectors, such as the public sectors and private sectors.Read this article to know how India created the fastest-growing large economy and surpassed the United Kingdom.

India’s economy in terms of scale is  one of the largest economies in the world,mainly due to its population.By 2050, it is anticipated to have the second-largest economy on the planet. What then supports the Indian economy? We must break down the Indian economy into three segments and thoroughly examine each one in order to provide an answer. Additionally, we’ll talk about the issues that each sector is now facing and potential remedies.

The Indian economy is divided into three sectors: the primary, secondary, and tertiary economies. The Indian economy is split between organised and unorganised sectors in terms of operations. In contrast, ownership is split between the public sectors and private sectors.

The public sectors and private sectors are one of the biggest decisive sectors about the economy of India.

Primary Sectors: 

Services in the primary aspect of the market are performed primarily via the use of natural assets. This area includes farming, mining, aquaculture, forestry, livestock, and other businesses. It is so-called as it functions as the basis for everything else. It is also referred to as the Farming, and Related sectors as farmland, dairy, forestry, and fisheries produce most of the natural products we eat. In India, the primary economy depends primarily on the natural resources that are useful for a wide range of purposes.

Secondary Sectors

The secondary sector includes enterprises that produce final items from natural resources obtained in the primary industry. This industry covers commercial production, cotton fibre manufacturing, and sugar cane growth, and this sector is usually known as the industrial part.

Tertiary Sectors: 

This sector makes a big contribution to the secondary sector. Economic activities in the tertiary industry help or assist production. Goods transported by trucks or trains, banking, insurance, and finance.

Public Sector and the Private Sector

The public sector and the private sectors play a major role in deciding the growth of India’s economy.The public sector and the private sectors can be understood in the following section.

Public Sector

The majority of the assets are owned by the Government sector, which is the segment of the economy responsible for providing various governmental services. There is no sole purpose for the public sector to make money, and governments raise funds through taxes and other means to cover the costs of their services.

Private sectors

Asset ownership and service delivery are in the hands of private individuals or organisations in the private sector. Citizenship is another term for this type of sector that private individuals or groups administer for profit, not governed by the government but regulated by it.

Global Comparison

Once a British colony, India has surpassed the United Kingdom in economic terms for the first time in almost a century. With this achievement, India has surpassed the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Germany, and France to become the world’s sixth-largest and fastest-growing large economy by GDP. 

The accomplishment was projected to be achieved by 2020, but India reached this milestone early due to the fast economic growth over the last 25 years and Brexit. According to Forbes, the Great Britain Pound (GBP) value dropped approximately 20% last year. The UK’s GDP is now worth 1.87 trillion GBP($2.29 trillion). India’s GDP is 153 trillion dollars, or 2.30 trillion dollars. According to the analysis, the difference is anticipated to expand further because India is growing at 6% to 8% per year, while the UK is growing at 1 to 2% yearly. According to Forbes research, India’s GDP has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, and even though the currency fluctuates, India has stronger development potential.

Conclusion: 

The commercial industry is India’s most important industry. In 2018-19, the Services sector’s Gross Value Added (GVA) is expected to reach 92.26 lakhs crore Rupees. The goods sector accounts for 54.40% of India’s net gross value of 169.61 billion INR. The industry offers 29.73 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, with a Gross Value Added of Rs. 50.43 lakh crore. The public and private industries contribute 15.87 % of the overall. It’s worth mentioning that agriculture works the most, contributing to more than 53% of the population. Facilities & secondary sectors comprise around 29 percent and 18 per cent of the overall workforce, respectively. As a result of all these factors, our country’s economy has grown stronger, and we are now considered one of the fastest-growing large economies.

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