Assertion (A): India's growth has not reduced the share of people depending on agriculture as much as China's has.
Reason (R): India's growth has been led by services, which absorbed fewer workers than China's manufacturing.

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Manufacturing pulled workers off the land in China; India's service-led growth did so far less.
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Assertion (A): India's growth has not reduced the share of people depending on agriculture as much as China's has.Reason (R): India's growth has been led by services, which absorbed fewer workers than China's manufacturing.

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Assertion (A): India's growth has not reduced the share of people depending on agriculture as much as China's has.
Reason (R): India's growth has been led by services, which absorbed fewer workers than China's manufacturing.