MSMEs sector creates 14% more jobs in past four years: CII survey

11 Mar 2019 Evaluate

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) survey stated that Job creation by the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector saw a growth of 13.9% in the past four years. The survey, that covered 1,05,347 MSMEs of varying sizes, across sectors, located in about 350 industrial centres spread across the country, indicates that micro enterprises were the largest job creators in the past four years and will continue to be so in the next three years.

According to a CII survey, given that the total workforce size according to the Labour Bureau is estimated at 450 million, the overall job additions work out to 13.514.9 million per annum. It noted that the top job generating sectors were hospitality & tourism followed by textiles & apparel and metal products, during the past four years. It added that machinery parts and transport and logistics were the next significant job creators.

The report showed that in terms of states, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana were the largest job creators, while in case of exporters, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana topped. It also noted that there is an expectation of higher growth on employment for the next three years. It pointed out that this optimism emanates from the fact that government initiatives like the 2 percent interest subvention given to all MSMEs and trade receivables e-discounting system (TReDS) would drive future growth leading to more employment.


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