Infrastructure sector emerges highest job creator: Assocham

Flooded with huge investements, India's infrastructure sector has emerged as the top employment generator cornering 12 per cent share in the total jobs created during the first three months of 2008-09, a study by industry chamber Assocham has said.     

The sector created 12,580 job opportunities out of a total 1,05,638 in areas aviation, construction, energy, core infrastructure, metals and mining between April-June 2008.     

The construction segment provided maximum job opportunities with a share of 24.32 per cent in the sector. Mining emerged the second largest job creator given the rise in prices of metal.     

Energy had 18.8 per cent share in the number of job openings, creating 2,365 employment opportunities. The aviation sector saw job openings for 2,250 people, while core infrastructure posted 1,857 vacancies, the chamber said.     

"Removing infrastructure bottlenecks is seen as a good business opportunity by private players. The sector is emerging as a potential employment generator with its share set to leap further," Assocham President Sajjan Jindal said.     

Tier I cities generated a total of 8,506 job openings in the infrastructure sector, with Mumbai alone creating 29.31 per cent employment opportunities followed by Delhi and Chennai. Similarly, among the Tier II cities, the maximum job opportunities were created in Pune and Ahmedabad.     

Among Tier III cities, Ankleshwar (13.01 per cent), Bhopal (8.70 per cent) and Guwahati (7.41 per cent) were top three in generating new jobs in the sector.