64,000 jobs in 8 core sectors in April-June period; women outwit men: Report
The manufacturing sector, however, lost 87,000 jobs during this period.
A latest government quarterly survey on employment in eight key sectors revealed that there's been a net addition of just 64,000 jobs across these sectors between April and June last year.
The manufacturing sector, however, lost 87,000 jobs during this period.
The quarterly survey, conducted by the Labour Bureau, shows that the education and health sectors between them added 1.3 lakh jobs in April-June 2017, while the other six sectors - manufacturing, construction, trade, transport, accommodation & restaurants, and the IT/BPO industry - put together saw a net loss of 66,000 jobs.
Education was by far the biggest job creator, adding 99,000 jobs over this quarter.
The survey, which in its current format has been running since April 2016, covers both regular and casual employment as well as the self-employed in these sectors. Health saw an addition of 31,000 jobs.
Since April 2016, there has been a net addition of 4.8 lakh jobs in these eight sectors with over half from education (1.7 lakh) and health (1 lakh), translating into a 2.3% growth in employment over 15 months, an annualised growth rate of barely 1.8%.
This rate is not enough to even take care of new entrants to the job market each year, leave alone reducing unemployment.
The increase in employment in the manufacturing sector, the focus of the Make in India programme, is an even lower 1% over the 15-month period.
However, most new jobs being in the education and health sectors and women have gained more than men. Of the net 64,000 new jobs created in the aforesaid period, 51,000 went to women and 13,000 to men.
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