19-02-2013, 03:57 PM
LABOUR BUREAU SURVEY INDICATES UPWARD TREND IN EMPLOYMENT
SINCE JULY 2009 MAINTAINED
ABSTRACT
On the employment front, the country has been able to withstand the adverse impact
of the global crisis and generate employment since July, 2009. The Labour Bureau conducted
twelve quarterly quick employment surveys to assess the impact of the economic slowdown
on employment in India. These surveys indicate that the upward trend in employment since
July 2009 has been maintained. This is stated in Economic Survey 2011-12, presented by the
Finance Minister, Sh. Pranab Mukherjee, in the Lok Sabha today. The results for selected
sectors i.e. textiles including apparel, leather, metals, automobiles, gems and jewellery,
transport information technology (IT)/business process outsourcing (BPO) and
handloom/powerloom are as follows:
1. Overall employment in September, 2011 over September, 2010 has increased by 9.11
lakh, with the highest increase recorded in IT/BPO (7.96 lakh) sector followed by
1.07 lakh in Metals, 0.71 lakh in Automobiles, 0.08 lakh in Gems & jewellery and
0.07 lakh in Leather industries during the period.
2. An upward trend in employment has been continuously observed since July 2009.
During the quarter July to September 2011, employment has increased in respect of
all sectors except Leather and Transport where there was a marginal fall. The overall
employment has increased by 3.15 lakh during the quarter. At the sectoral level, the
maximum increase of 2.04 lakh in employment during the period September, 2011
over June, 2011 was in IT/BPO sector, followed by increase of 0.42 lakh in Textiles
including Apparels, 0.38 lakh in Metals, 0.22 lakh in Automobiles, 0.09 lakh in
Handloom/Powerloom, 0.07 lakh in Gems & Jewellery.
3. In the export oriented units, the employment at the overall level has increased by 1.96
lakh whereas in the non-exporting units, it has increased by 1.16 lakh during the
period September, 2011 over June, 2011.
4. Overall estimated employment in all selected sectors has experienced a net addition of
23.58 lakh during the period October, 2008 (first survey) to September, 2011 (twelfth
survey).
The Economic Survey observes that employment growth in the organized sector,
public and private combined, has increased by 1.9 % in 2010, which is lower than the
annual growth for the previous year. The annual growth rate for the private sector
was much higher than that for the public sector. However, in respect of both sectors,
annual increase in employment had slowed down in 2010 vis-à-vis 2009. The share
of women in organized-sector employment was 20.4 per cent in 2010 March end and
has remained nearly constant in recent years.