RAJYA SABHA
As per the Sample
Survey carried out by National Sample Survey Organisation during
1999-2000, estimated workforce in the country was 39.7 crore.
Stating this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, The
Minister of State for Labour Shri Ashok Pradhan said that 13.9%
workers were employed as regular salaried persons while 33.2%
were engaged as casual staff. He said that as on March 2000, out
of a total employment of 2.79 crore in the organised sector, approximately
1.93 crore were employed in the public sector.
In another written
reply Shri Pradhan said that as per the Employment Market Information
Programme of the Directorate General of Employment & Training,
estimated employment in the organised sector which was 281.13
lakh as on March 1999 has marginally gone down to 277.89 lakh
in March 2001. He said that the estimated employment in the public
sector has also marginally gone down from 194.15 lakh as on March
1999 to 191.38 lakh as on March 2001.
