New Delhi: Employment of the Indian formal sector in the nine selected sectors grew by 2 lakh in the July to September 2021, compared to three months to June, indicated by a quarterly employment survey (QES).
Estimates of the increase in work in the nine major sectors including manufacturing, education, health and the IT / BPO sector amounted to 3.10 crore between July and September 2021 when the Covid-19 pandemic eased to a certain extent and the sidewalk was appointed in all states.
Other sectors assessed are transportation, trade, construction, accommodation and restaurants, health and financial services.
The manufacturing sector posted maximum growth and now contributed 39.1% of total work, followed by education of 22% and health of 10.8%, the report said.
In the first round of the survey released in September last year, work in these sectors has increased by 29% to 3.08 crores in the first quarter of 2021-22 compared to the 2.37 Crore reported in the sixth economic census in 2013-14 .
The QES second round report released on Monday by the Minister of Work and Employment Union Bhupender Yadav also showed an overall increase in the percentage of female workers at 32.1%, compared with 29.3% reported during the first round of QES.
The survey has been planned to improve government emphasis on evidence-based policies using the latest data available.
“Regular workers are 87% of the estimated labor in the nine selected sectors, with only 2% ordinary workers,” reports the ministry, adding that 20% of workers in the construction sector are contractuals and 6.4% are casual workers.
Yadav said the previous government used the Periodic Work Force Survey (PLF) to obtain work sector data.
However, while PLF only shows the supply side information about the labor market, QEs now presents the overall picture of the employment situation, including on the demand side.
“QEs provide a consolidated workplace in terms of demand periodically.
This data will help the government make evidence-based policies,” Yadav said.
The second half also showed regular workers which constituted 87% of the forecast of labor in the nine selected non-agricultural sectors, with only 2% in the category of casual workers.
In the construction sector, this number is higher, with 20% of workers into contractuals and 6.4% as casual workers.
This survey also suggested 98.3% of companies located outside the household, although 5.1% of units in the accommodation and restaurant sector – the highest among all sectors – found operating from inside the household.
Significantly, QES indicates that almost 90% of companies surveyed have less than 100 workers.
In the IT / BPO sector around 30% of companies have at least 100 workers.
In the health sector, 19% of companies have 100 or more workers.
In the transportation sector, 14% of companies operate with 100 or more workers.
This survey also shows results about employee education qualifications working in this nine sectors.
While 91.6% of those employed in the IT / BPO sector are graduates or higher, almost 60% in financial services at least have a bachelor’s degree.
About 28% of people in seven of nine sectors (excluding education and health) have a malriculation certificate or less.
In the health sector, for example, 18% of non-clinical workers of matriculates or lower.