A survey of eight sectors conducted by the labour ministry released on 16 November 2011 revealed that despite the slowdown in economic activity, employment increased marginally in April-June quarter of 2011-12.
According to the survey, employment in eight sectors grew 2.15% during April-June 2011, compared to 1.74% in the january-March quarter and 1.62% in 2010. The eight sectors added 2.15 lakh jobs during the quarter, with IT-enabled services (1.64 lakh) and metals (53,000) contributing the most.
However two sectors - textiles and transport saw a fall in employment numbers during the quarter. The textiles sector saw a 0.33% reduction in employment, while there was a 0.02% decrease in case of transport.
Auto companies and component makers added a mere 18,000 employees given the slump in sales. Gems & jewellery, despite the robust export growth in the January-march quarter could only add 13000 more workers. The situation was far worse in leather and textiles sectors with both seeing 1000 workers each added to the workforce.
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