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. 2021 Aug 24;64(3):595–619. doi: 10.1007/s41027-021-00326-w

Table 6.

Distribution of workers in non-farm sector according to type of employment (in millions)

Non-farm sector Type of employment: organised and unorganised sector
Organised Unorganised
2004–2005 2011–2012 2017–2018 2004–2005 2011–2012 2017–2018
Manufacturing 15.3 (28.4) 20.7 (34.6) 18.1 (32.0) 38.6 (71.6) 39.1 (65.4) 38.4 (68.0)
Non-manufacturing 9.2 (31.2) 22.3 (40.4) 15.4 (26.2) 20.2 (68.8) 32.9 (59.6) 43.5 (63.8)
Services 29.5 (27.5) 40.3 (31.7) 43.2 (29.9) 77.9 (72.5) 87.0 (68.3) 101.3 (70.1)
Non-farm total 54.0 (28.3) 76.0 (34.4) 76.7 (29.5) 136. 7 (71.7) 159.0 (65.6) 181.1 (70.5)
Type of employment: formal and informal
Formal Informal
Manufacturing 5.6 (10.4) 6.5 (10.9) 8.7 (15.4) 48.3 (89.6) 53.3 (89.1) 47.7 (84.6)
Non-manufacturing 2.1 (7.2) 2.9 (5.3) 3.1 (5.2) 27.3 (92.8) 52.3 (94.7) 55.9 (94.8)
Services 20.6 (19.2) 25.4 (19.9) 31.1 (21.5) 86.8 (80.8) 101.9 (80.0) 113.4 (78.5)
Non-farm total 28.3 (14.8) 34.8 (14.4) 42.8 (16.5) 162.4 (85.2) 207.5 (85.6) 217.0 (83.5)

Source: NCEUS (2007) and NSSO (2015), NSSO (2019)

Figures in brackets are percentages