Employment growth in eight key sectors grew at the slowest pace in the quarter ended December 2014, with 117,000 jobs generated as compared to 158,000 jobs in July-September 2014 and 182,000 in April-June 2014. The maximum fall was seen in the automobiles sector by 23,000, followed by the metals sector (20,000), gems and jewellery (5,000), handloom/powerloom sector (3,000) and transport sector (1,000), according to Labour Bureau’s report on quarterly changes in employment following the global economic slowdown. The survey covered 2,077 sample units in eight selected sectors across the four regions of the country. According to the survey, the highest increase in employment was seen in the IT/BPOs sector, where jobs grew by 89,000 (57,000 in September) during the period, followed by textiles and apparels at 79,000 (49,000) and leather at 1,000. There was a maximum average monthly increase of 1.02 per cent in employment in the IT/BPOs sector, followed by 0.50 per cent in textiles and apparels and 0.08 per cent in leather.

The maximum average monthly decrease of 1.56 per cent was seen in the handloom/powerloom sector, followed by automobiles sector (0.85 per cent).

Employment in exporting units rose by 35,000 in the quarter ended December 2014, but was much lower than 62,000 in the quarter ended September. The textiles & apparels sector saw a rise of 14,000 jobs in the December 2014 quarter, much lower than 41,000 jobs in the September quarter. Even in the IT/BPO sector, jobs grew by 19,000, but were much lower than 31,000 in the September quarter. The metals sector saw a rise of 5,000 jobs in the December 2014 quarter, against 13,000 in the September quarter.

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