Contractual workforce in CPSEs crosses pre-pandemic level in FY22

But headcount of regular employees has continued to decline in FY22

The number of contractual workers hired by the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) crossed the pre-pandemic level in FY22, while regular workers further declined, according to the latest Public Enterprises Survey released on Monday.

According to the Survey, in FY22, the number of contract workers employed by CPSEs increased 9.8 per cent to 524,423. However, the total number of regular workers declined by 1.2 per cent to 8,41,094, continuing with the trend in preceding years.

Casual or daily workers increased 2.4 per cent to 96,690 in FY22. The total number of workers employed by 389 CPSEs increased by 2.7 per