The fifth Quarterly Quick Employment Survey was conducted during October to December, 2009 by Labour Bureau to assess the impact of economic slowdown on employment in India.

In the survey, a fresh sample of units / establishments has been drawn to assess the employment trends. The information has been collected from 2,953 units / establishments by covering 21 centres spread across eleven States and union territory.

The results about effect of economic slowdown on employment in the eight selected sectors namely textiles, metals, leather, automobiles, Gems & Jewellery, Transport, Information Technology/BPO and Handloom / Powerloom are summarized as below:-





>> The overall employment has further improved by about 6.38 lakh (@1.70% per month) during December 2009 over September 2009 due to substantial increase in employment by 5.70 lakh in the IT / BPO sector alone.

>> During the quarter October to December 2009, the employment, in fact, has increased in all the sectors studied except a marginal decline in the transport sector. This increase in employment also testifies the growth in the industrial sector during the quarter October to December 2009.

>> The survey findings show that majority of the employment gain in December 2009 as compared to September 2009 is registered in the exporting units. Out of the total increase of 6.38 lakh jobs during this period, 5.80 lakh jobs (91 percent) have been added in the export units. In IT / BPO alone 4.87 lakh jobs have been added in export units during the period. Employment in export units of all other sectors covered (except transport sector) increased moderately or marginally during the period.

>> As compared to exporting units, the increase in employment in non-exporting units is significantly lower i.e. by only 0.58 lakh during the quarter October-December 2009.

>> The results of the Surveys of different quarters show that the employment declined by 4.91 lakh during the quarter October-December, 2008; increased by 2.76 lakh during January-March, 2009; declined by 1.31 lakh during April-June, 2009 probably due to seasonality; increased by 4.97 lakh during the quarter July-September, 2009 and increased by 6.38 lakh in the current quarter October to December 2009.

Thus on the basis of the sample, the estimated employment in the selected sectors has experienced a net addition of 7.90 lakh since September 2008.