Revamped Quarterly employment survey (QES)- Highlights

September 28, 2021

The revamped quarterly employment survey (QES) for the months April-June was released on September 27, 2021 by Labour and Employment Minister Bhupendra Yadav.

Highlights

As per the survey, estimated total employment across nine selected sectors from first round of QES was 3 crores-8 lakhs.
A growth rate of 29% was reported from a total of 2.3 crore in the sixth economic census (EC).
Nine selected sectors selected for the survey include- manufacturing, construction, transport, trade, education, accommodation & restaurant, health, IT/BPO and financial services. These sectors account for a majority of total employment in non-farm establishments.
Out of total employment in the selected nine sectors, Manufacturing accounts 41%. It is followed by Education (22%) and Health (8%).

Growth in different sector

As per report, IT/BPO sector witnessed the impressive growth of 152%. Health sector reported the growth of 77%. In education, growth is 39%. In Manufacturing, transport and construction there is a growth of 22%, 68% and 42% respectively.

Employment scenario

Employment in trade has reduced by 25% and in accommodation & restaurant it declined by 13%. Financial services witnessed a growth of 48% in employment.
As per report, 90% of the establishments have been working with less than 100 workers as against the figure of 95% during sixth Economic Census (EC).
About 35% of the IT/ BPO establishments worked with 100 workers.
In Health sector, 18% of the establishments worked with 100 or more workers.
Participation of female workers was at 29% as compared to 31% during 6th EC.
Regular workers constitute 88% of the estimated workforce across the nine selected sectors.
Only 9% of the establishments (with 10 workers) were not registered with any authority or any act.

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