Assertion (A): By 1990, about two-thirds of India's people still depended on agriculture.
Reason (R): Industry and services did not create enough jobs to absorb the people leaving agriculture.

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Output shifted to industry and services, but jobs did not follow, so people stayed on the land.
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Assertion (A): By 1990, about two-thirds of India's people still depended on agriculture.Reason (R): Industry and services did not create enough jobs to absorb the people leaving agriculture.

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Assertion (A): By 1990, about two-thirds of India's people still depended on agriculture.
Reason (R): Industry and services did not create enough jobs to absorb the people leaving agriculture.