Govt survey shows rising trend in organised sector employment: Bhupender Yadav

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) As many as 3.14 crore workers were employed in nine industries in December quarter of 2021, indicating a rising trend in employment in organised sector, according to a Labour Bureau survey.

In September quarter of 2021, number of workers stood at around 3.10 crore.

Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE) on Thursday released report of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for period October-December 2021 period.

"Happy to inform report on 3rd Round (Oct –Dec, 2021) of Quarterly Employment Survey shows a rising trend in employment in organised sector, employing 10 or more workers, of selected 9 sectors," Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said in a tweet.

Citing survey, he said number of workers employed stood at 314.54 lakh (3.1454 crore).

QES captures employment data in respect of establishments employing 10 or more workers in nine sectors -- Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation & Restaurants, IT/ BPOs and Financial Services.

se sectors accounted for about 85 per cent of total employment in units with 10 or more workers in 6th Ecomic Census.

According to report, manufacturing sector is largest employer accounting for around 39 per cent of estimated total number of workers followed by education sector at 22 per cent.

Citing survey, ministry said that manufacturing sector had maximum number of workers during period at 124 lakh, followed by education at 69.26 lakh.

y were followed by IT/BPOs (34.57 lakh), health (32.86 lakh), trade (16.81 lakh), transport (13.20 lakh), financial services (8.85 lakh), accommodation and restaurants (8.11 lakh), and construction (6.19 lakh).

Almost all (99.4 per cent) establishments were registered under different statutes.

Overall, around 23.55 per cent of units provided on--job training to ir workers. Among 9 sectors, 34.87 per cent of units in health sector provided on--job training, followed by IT/BPOs at 31.1 per cent, ministry said in a statement.

survey is done by Labour Bureau to provide frequent (quarterly) updates about employment and related variables of establishments in both organised and urganized segments of nine select sectors, which account for a majority of total employment in n-farm establishments.

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