Jul 31 2014 : The Economic Times (Delhi)
Employment Growing at Double the Rate of Population: Economic Census
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Uttar Pradesh was the top employment generator among big states in eight years ended 2013, creating jobs at over double the national average rate, according to the Sixth Economic Census released on Wednesday.The number of employed in the country rose 34.35% in eight years to 12.77 crore. “That means that it had grown at an annual rate of over 4% when the population is growing at 2%,” National Statistical Commission chairman Pronab Sen said while releasing the report.
The census does not include employment in agriculture, public administration, defence and compulsory social security services activities. The employment growth would have been lower if these sectors were included.
In Uttar Pradesh, the number of employed rose over 75% during the same period. It was fourth overall in job creation, behind Manipur, Assam and Sikkim. Gujarat was placed ninth.
Maharashtra was the biggest employer, accounting for 11.26% jobs in the country, followed by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
About a quarter of work force nationally were women. The activities covered in the Sixth Economic Census have a share of about 86% in total GDP of the country.
The economic census results will be used for GDP calculation as well, as this helps with the small and unorganised sector manufacturing data, said an official at the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mospi).
“We will use it to carry out enterprise surveys, used by us for GDP calculation,” he said.
The provisional sixth economic census results showed there were 58.47 million establishments in the country engaged in different economic activities, excluding crop production, plantation, public administration, defence and compulsory social security services.
There was 41.7% rise in number of establishments.
Nearly 60% of these establishments were in rural areas.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra
The provisional sixth economic cen sus results showed there were 58.47 mil lion establishments in the country en gaged in different ec onomic activities, excluding crop pro duction, plantation, public administra tion, defence and compulsory social security services.
There was 41.7% rise in number of estab lishments.
Nearly 60% of these establishments were in rural areas.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh together accounted for about 48% of the total number of establishments in the country. The average employment per establishment, however, fell in the eight year period from 2.3 to 2.1 worker.
“This suggests that employment opportunities may be declining despite increase in establishments.
Labor-intensive activities may be on a decline,” said the official.
Northeastern states reported significant jump in both the number of establishments and employment creation, suggesting improvement in economic activities. Manipur saw a 109.37% increase in the number of establishments between 2005 and 2013.
In terms of growth in the last eight years of establishments, against a national average of 41.73%. The newly formed state Telangana experienced a 79% jump in eight years.
UP housed 11.36% of country’s total establishments, followed by Maharashtra and West Bengal.
Since these are just provisional estimates, they do not provide activity-wise or size-wise break up of data. For the first time, data for handloom and handicraft was included in the economic census, which accounted for 3.75% of the total establishments of the country.
The census does not include employment in agriculture, public administration, defence and compulsory social security services activities. The employment growth would have been lower if these sectors were included.
In Uttar Pradesh, the number of employed rose over 75% during the same period. It was fourth overall in job creation, behind Manipur, Assam and Sikkim. Gujarat was placed ninth.
Maharashtra was the biggest employer, accounting for 11.26% jobs in the country, followed by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
About a quarter of work force nationally were women. The activities covered in the Sixth Economic Census have a share of about 86% in total GDP of the country.
The economic census results will be used for GDP calculation as well, as this helps with the small and unorganised sector manufacturing data, said an official at the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mospi).
“We will use it to carry out enterprise surveys, used by us for GDP calculation,” he said.
The provisional sixth economic census results showed there were 58.47 million establishments in the country engaged in different economic activities, excluding crop production, plantation, public administration, defence and compulsory social security services.
There was 41.7% rise in number of establishments.
Nearly 60% of these establishments were in rural areas.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra
The provisional sixth economic cen sus results showed there were 58.47 mil lion establishments in the country en gaged in different ec onomic activities, excluding crop pro duction, plantation, public administra tion, defence and compulsory social security services.
There was 41.7% rise in number of estab lishments.
Nearly 60% of these establishments were in rural areas.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh together accounted for about 48% of the total number of establishments in the country. The average employment per establishment, however, fell in the eight year period from 2.3 to 2.1 worker.
“This suggests that employment opportunities may be declining despite increase in establishments.
Labor-intensive activities may be on a decline,” said the official.
Northeastern states reported significant jump in both the number of establishments and employment creation, suggesting improvement in economic activities. Manipur saw a 109.37% increase in the number of establishments between 2005 and 2013.
In terms of growth in the last eight years of establishments, against a national average of 41.73%. The newly formed state Telangana experienced a 79% jump in eight years.
UP housed 11.36% of country’s total establishments, followed by Maharashtra and West Bengal.
Since these are just provisional estimates, they do not provide activity-wise or size-wise break up of data. For the first time, data for handloom and handicraft was included in the economic census, which accounted for 3.75% of the total establishments of the country.
