Nearly 1 million jobs were created in the organized sector in India during 2010-11, almost 70 per cent of it in the information technology and outsourcing sectors despite protectionism in the U.S. and some other developed countries, official data showed.
Overall employment increased by 979,000, with highest increase of 665,000 in information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO), followed by 111,000 in automobile sector, according to data released by the ministry of labour and employment.
Some 101,000 jobs were created in the textile sector, including apparels, 88,000 in metals and 33,000 in the leather sector during the period under review.
Indian IT and outsourcing sectors continue to register impressive growth despite a series of anti-outsourcing measures taken by the US government. In a bid to discourage outsourcing, the U.S. government last year hiked visa fees.
In January-March quarter, 287,000 employment was created in the IT and BPO sector, followed by 16,000 increase in metals, 13,000 in the automobile industry and 6,000 in the transport industry.
According to the 10th quarterly survey on "effect of economic slowdown on employment in India", overall 174,000 jobs were created in the fourth quarter of last fiscal. Though employment increased in most sectors, there were job losses in the textile industry.
An upward trend in employment has been continuously observed since July 2009.
The survey accesses the effect on employment in the eight selected sectors - textiles, including apparels, leather, metals, and automobiles.
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