Nearly one million jobs were created in the organised sector in India during 2010-11, official data has shown.

Some 33,000 of these jobs were in the leather sector, while 101,000 jobs were created in textiles sector including apparels.

According to the 10th quarterly survey on the “effect of economic slowdown on employment in India,” overall 174,000 jobs were created in the fourth quarter of last fiscal. An upward trend in employment has been continuously observed since July 2009.

The survey looks at the effect on employment in eight selected sectors – textiles including apparels, leather, metals, automobiles, gems and jewellery, transport, IT/BPO and handloom and power loom.

Share this story: