Lok Sabha Question No. 1772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Employees working in Corporate Firms
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1772 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023/ SRAVANA 9, 1945 (SAKA)

## EMPLOYEES WORKING IN CORPORATE FIRMS QUESTION

1772. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data on number of employees working in corporate firms in the country at present; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) the number of employment generated and provided by organized firms in the country
- during the last five years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE  (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

[RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a)  to  (c):  No  Sir,  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  does  not  maintain  data  on  number  of employees  working  in  corporate  firms  in  the  country.  Ministry  of  Statistics  and Programme Implementation has informed that the estimated total number of persons engaged in organized manufacturing sector based on the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) data are as below:

| ASI Year   | 2015-16     | 2016-17     | 2017-18     | 2018-19     | 2019-20     |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Number of  | 1,42,99,710 | 1,49,11,189 | 1,56,14,619 | 1,62,80,211 | 1,66,24,291 |
| Employees  |             |             |             |             |             |

Further,  the  estimated  total  number  of  persons  engaged  in  organized  corporate manufacturing sector based on the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) data are as below:

| ASI Year   | 2015-16     | 2016-17     | 2017-18     | 2018-19     | 2019-20     |
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Number of  | 1,05,18,418 | 1,09,52,677 | 1,13,06,671 | 1,18,77,675 | 1,24,89,133 |
| Employees  |             |             |             |             |             |

In ASI, corporate manufacturing sectors are defined based on the type of organization for Government Company-Public, Government Company-Private, Non-Government Company-Public and Non-Government Company-Private.

Department  of  Public  Enterprises  has  stated  that  although  they  do  not  have  data pertaining to employment generation in Corporate and Organized firms, however, as per Public Enterprises Survey Reports, the number of employees working in Central Public Sector Enterprises for last 5 years are as below:

| Year      | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of | 14,66,694 | 15,14,064 | 14,73,810 | 13,72,069 | 14,62,207 |
| Employees |           |           |           |           |           |

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has shared National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) data for Information Technology industry employees for last 5 years as below:

| Year       |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (E) |
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| Employment |        41 |      43.6 |      44.7 |        51 |            54 |

E: estimated

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has informed that the total number  of  persons  employed  in  MSMEs  are  12,26,89,030  for  1,77,55,007  MSMEs registered under Udyam Registration Portal as on 26.07.2023.

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