highlight the recent changes in telecommunication sector in india
Telecommunications in India Indian telecom industry underwent a high pace of market liberalisation and growth since the 1990s and now has become the world's most competitive and one of the fastest growing telecom markets.[9][10] The Industry has grown over twenty times in just ten years, from under 37 million subscribers in the year 2001 to over 846 million subscribers in the year 2011.[11] India has the world's second-largest mobile phone user base with over 1183.04 million users as of September 2017.[7] It has the world's second-largest Internet user-base with over 324 million as of September 2017.[7]
Economy of India Agricultural and allied sectors accounted for about 52.1% of the total workforce in 2009–10. While agriculture employment has fallen over time in percentage of labour employed, services which includes construction and infrastructure have seen a steady growth accounting for 20.3% of employment in 2012–13.[336] Of the total workforce, 7% is in the organised sector, two-thirds of which are in the government-controlled public sector.[337] About 51.2% of the workforce in India is self-employed.[336] According to a 2005–06 survey, there is a gender gap in employment and salaries. In rural areas, both men and women are primarily self-employed, mostly in agriculture. In urban areas, salaried work was the largest source of employment for both men and women in 2006.[338]