One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that

The correct answer is A because India followed an industrialization strategy that prioritized heavy and capital intensive industries rather than labor intensive manufacturing. While this led to industrial growth, these sectors did not generate enough jobs to absorb the surplus labor from agriculture. Consequently, even as the contribution of agriculture to the national income decreased significantly, a large majority of the workforce remained stuck in the farming sector due to a lack of sufficient employment opportunities in the industrial and service sectors. Unlike option B, agricultural productivity remained low, and unlike option C, land ceilings did not create enough incentive to keep people in farming by choice. The primary bottleneck was the inability of the industrial investment pattern to create mass employment.