Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Role of Service Sectors in Indian Economy


The Services comprise of sectors namely, Trade; Hotels and Restaurants; Transport; Storage & warehousing; Communication; Banking and Insurance; Real Estate; Business services; Public administration and defence; Social and personal services; and Other services including Education, Medical and Health, Religious and Other Community Services, Legal Services, Recreation and Entertainment Services.
This Services constitutes a large part of the Indian economy both in terms of employment potential and its contribution to national income. Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is responsible at the Central level to prepare GDP (Value Addition) estimates for the Indian Economy.  The estimates are being released through ages now.  The official site of MOSPI does admit the significance and importance of the Service Sectors.  About sixty per cent of total GDP (value addition) comes from above mentioned Sectors
Here below we present the share of GDP at constant (2004-05) prices for the various service sectors/ sub-sectors for the year 2004-05 (Base Year) and for latest available years 2011-12 (quick estimates (QE) or first revised estimates (FRE) of the advance estimates and are based on more data than what is being used to estimate the advance estimates and its working methodology is quite in detail) and for the year 2012-13 (provisional estimate (PE)).

Sectors
Share of GDP at (2004-05) Prices
(%)
    
2004-05
2011-12
2012-13
QE/FRE
PE
1. trade, hotels & restaurant
30.4
28.9
29.4
     1.1 trade
27.5
26.5
27.1
     1.2 hotels & restaurants
2.8
2.4
2.4
2. transport,storage & communication
15.8
18.2
17.3
     2.1 railways
1.9
1.7
1.5
     2.2 transport by other means
10.8
9.6
9.2
     2.3 storage
0.2
0.2
0.2
     2.4 communication
3.2
6.8
6.4
3. financing, real estate & bus services
27.7
31.0
31.4
     3.1 banking & insurance
10.9
15.1
15.1
     3.2 real est, O'ship of dwellings
17.0
15.9
16.3
4.  community, social & pers. servs
26.0
21.9
21.8
     4.1 public administration & defence
11.1
9.8
9.4
     4.2 other services
15.1
12.3
12.6
5. GDP of All Service Sectors
100
100
100

Within services, it is mainly trade, transport by other means, real estate, Ownership of Dwellings, banking & insurance and communication who at present mainly having the importance.  Over time, transport by other means, railways, community, social & personnel services are losing marginally their respective shares to financial services and communication mainly.

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