Upward trend in employment continues despite slowdown
PTI | 10:01 PM,Jan 03,2012New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) Unaffected by the economic slowdown, employment in India has witnessed a growth of over 3.15 lakh between July and September last year, topping the 23 lakh job creation over the last three years. The rise in employment was recorded particularly in eight sectors - textiles and apparels, leather, metals, automobiles, gems and jewellery, transport,IT, BPO, handloom and powerloom, according to a government survey released today. The growth in this quarter has been maximum in the IT and BPO sector, which generated an additional employment of 2.04 lakh followed by an increase of 0.42 lakh in textiles including apparels, 0.38 lakh in metals, 0.22 lakh in automobiles, 0.09 lakh in handloom and powerloom, 0.07 lakh in gems jewellery. The information for the twelfth quick employment survey covering the period from July to September, 2011 has been collected from 2,215 units and establishments by covering 21 centres spread across 11 states and UTs. The current survey was to assess the impact of economic slowdown on employment in India. The net addition of 23.58 lakh estimated employment has been registered in these sectors during the period of October, 2008 (first survey) to September, 2011 (twelfth survey)in the series of "Quarterly Quick Employment Survey in Affected Sectors" conducted by the Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The overall employment in these sectors has increased by 3.15 lakh during the current quarter. "The upward trend in employment has been continuously maintained 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," a release issued by the ministry said. (MORE)
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