Over 47 crore workforce in country

The estimated workforce of the country is 47.41 crore of which 82.7 per cent is in the unorganised sector, as per the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) survey result for 2011-12,
"As per NSSO survey result for 2011-12, the estimated workforce is 47.41 crore persons of which 82.7 per cent is in unorganised sector and 17.3 percent is in organised sector," Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
He said that as per the Public Enterprises Survey 2011-12 brought out by Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, the number of persons working in the central public sector enterprises was 13.98 lakh (excluding contractual and casual workers).

"The number of persons working in the Central Public Sector Enterprises has declined from 15.65 lakh in 2007-08 to 13.98 lakh in 2011-12," Sai said.
Replying to another question, he said as per the NSSO survey for 2004-05, the total employment in both organised and unorganised sector in the country was of the order of 45.9 crore out of which around 43.30 crore (94.34 per cent) was in the unorganised sector.
According to survey conducted in 2009-10, the total employment in both the sectors was of the order of 46.5 crore. Out of this number of workers in the unorganised sector was about 43.67 crore (93.91 per cent).

"So there is an increase in the number of the unorganised workers of about 0.37 crore during this period but the percentage has come down by 0.42 per cent," Sai said.

To yet another question, he said in 2011-12, 12.60 per cent of workers were employed in manufacturing sector in the country with 22.74 per cent in West Bengal and 20.52 per cent in Delhi amongst others.
The last NSSO survey was conducted during 2011-12. As per the results of last three surveys, estimated employment as per usual status has increased by 1.5 crore persons from 45.91 crore in 2004-05 to 47.4 crore in 2011-12.

In 2011-12, 23.18 crore persons were employed in agriculture and allied sectors, 11.50 crore in industry and 12.73 crore in services, he said.