Q.Which sector currently contributes the largest share to India's Gross Value Added (GVA)?

The tertiary (services) sector now contributes the largest share of India's GVA, even though the primary sector still employs the largest share of workers. …

According to recent government (Economic Survey) estimates, around 2023-24, the tertiary (services) sector contributes roughly half or a little more of India's total Gross Value Added (GVA) — more than the secondary (industrial) sector, which contributes roughly a quarter, and far more than the primary (agriculture and allied) sector, which contributes only around a sixth. "Cooperative sector" in option (d) is not one of the three activity-based sectors at all — it is an ownership-based classification (alongside public, private and joint sectors), so it cannot be compared directly with primary/secondary/tertiary shares of GVA. …

Assuming agriculture (primary sector) contributes the most to GDP because it employs the most people — output share and employment share are different mea …