The share of services in Indias GDP at factor cost (at current prices) rose from 33.

3 per cent (1950

1951) to 56.5 per cent in 201213, as per advance estimates. During FY 201415, the sector is projected
to grow at a healthy 5.6 per cent,
The services sector in India received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$ 39,416.86 million during
the period April 2000February 2014, as per data released by Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP).
This sector in India comprises a wide range of activities, including trading, transportation, communication,
financial, real estate and business services, and community, social and personal services.
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Indias services sector expanded quickly with double-digit growth in the second half of the 2000s.
In world GDP of US$70.2 trillion in 2011, the share of services was 67.5 per cent
India ranked 9th in overall GDP and 10th in services GDP
Indias share of services exports in the world exports of services, which increased from 0.6 per cent in
1990 to 1.0 in 2000 and further to 3.3 per cent in 2011, has been increasing faster than the share of
merchandise exports in world exports.
The shares of the services employment increased in the same period from 19.70 per cent to 25.30 per
cent from 93-94 to 09-10 period

In urban India, 75 people are employed in the agriculture sector, 683 in the services sector (including
construction) and 242 in the industrial sector.

The growth of the steadily growing services sector did not fall even during the post 2008 crisis period This
was primarily due to higher government spending with the high weighted community, social, and personal
services