Employment Statistics (disaggregated)

Sectoral Share (million)

1999-2000

Sectoral Share (%)

1999-2000

Sectoral Share (million) 2004-05

Sectoral Share (%) 2004-05

Elasticity

Agriculture, forestry & fishing

237.56

59.8

267.57

58.4

1.52

Mining & quarrying

2.27

0.6

2.74

0.6

0.82

Manufacturing

48.01

12.1

53.51

11.7

0.34

Electricity, gas and water supply

1.28

0.3

1.37

0.3

0.33

Construction

17.62

4.4

25.61

5.6

0.88

Trade, Hotels & restaurant

37.32

9.4

47.11

10.3

0.59

Transport, storage & communication

14.69

3.7

17.38

3.8

0.27

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

5.05

1.3

6.86

1.5

0.94

Community, social and personal services

33.20

8.4

35.67

7.8

0.28

All Services excl. construction

90.26

22.8

107.02

23.4

Total

397.0

100

457.82

100

0.48

Source: C Rangarajan et al (2007), ‘Revisiting Employment and Growth’, ICRA Bulletin - Money & Finance Vol 3(2); data sourced from NSSO 2004-05, based on 61^st Round Survey.