ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES 2003-04 (PART I & PART II)
TREND TABLES
Trend in employment, wage rates, average labour cost, percentage of labour cost to total cost of production, percentage of absenteeism and labour turnover, and number of reporting factories during the last five years by States, industries and Sector, have been presented in Tables 7.1 to 7.6.
7.1 Trend in Employment
As reported in Table 7.1, there is a declining trend at all India level in employment of all the categories of employees except the categories of women and contract workers, wherein it is more or less an increasing trend. Amongst the sectors, the trend in employment is decreasing in Public and Joint Sectors, whereas it is increasing trend in case of Private Sector.
Amongst major employment generating industry groups, there is a decreasing trend in overall employment in three industry groups, viz., ‘154-Manufacture of other food products’, ‘171-Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles’ and ‘242-Manufacture of other chemical products’. Trend in percentage of women workers was increasing in industry groups ‘154’ and ‘171’, whereas it was decreasing in industry group ‘242’. There was an increasing trend in percentage of contract workers, but decreasing trend in percentage of male workers, in all the three industry groupd stated above.
There is an increasing trend in employment of all category of employees in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. There is also an increasing trend in employment of contract workers in West Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra, but the trend in overall employment in these states is decreasing.
7.2 Trend in Wage Rates
Table 7.2 presents trend in wages/salaries per manday worked by all category of employees by industry, State and Sectors. It is observed that there has been an increasing trend in wage rates of all category of employees except child workers, in more or less all industry groups and States. Amongst the sectors, the trend in wage rates is increasing in all the sectors, but the annual increase in wage rates is highest at 12.84 per cent in Public and followed by 8.46 per cent in Joint Sectors and only 5.93 per cent in Private Sector.
7.3 Trend in Average Labour Cost
Table 7.3 presents trend in average labour cost per manday worked by employees by industry, State and Sectors. It is observed that there has been an increasing trend in average labour cost, in more or less all industry groups and States. Amongst the sectors, the trend in average labour cost is increasing in all the sectors, but the annual increase in average labour cost is highest at 15.19 per cent in Public and followed by 10.57 per cent in Joint Sectors and only 5.20 per cent in Private Sector.
7.4 Trend in Percentage of Labour Cost to Total Cost of production
Table 7.4 presents trend in the percentage of labour cost to total cost of production by industry, State and Sectors. At all India level, there is an decreasing trend in the percentage of labour cost to total cost of production. At the sector level also there is more or less an decreasing trend in the percentage of labour cost to total cost of production in all the sectors.
There is a a decreasing trend in the percentage of labour cost to total cost of production in major employment generating States and industry groups, except the industry group ‘160-Manufacture of the tobacco products’, wherein the trend is increasing.
7.5 Trend in Percentage of Absenteeism and Labour Turnover
Table 7.5 presents trend in the percentage of absenteeism and labour turnover by industry, State and Sectors. At all India level, the trend in absenteeism and labour turnover rates is more or less stable. At the sector level also, the trend in absenteeism rate is more or less stable in all the sectors but the trend in accession and separation rates is increasing in Public and Joint Sectors, whereas these rate are stable in Private Sector.
Amongst major employment generating industry groups, there is an increasing trend in absenteeism rates in one industry group ‘160-Manufacture of the tobacco products’ and decreasing trend in two industry groups, viz., ‘171-Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles’ and ‘269-Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, n.e.c.’. The trend in accession rates have been observed to be increasing in two industry groups, viz. ‘154-Manufacture of other food products’ and ‘269-Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, n.e.c.’, whereas the trend is decreasing in industry groups ‘160-Manufacture of the tobacco products’ and ‘242-Manufacture of other chemical products’. The trend in separation rates have been observed to be increasing in all the five major industry groups ‘154-Manufacture of other food products’, ‘160-Manufacture of the tobacco products’, ‘171-Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles’, ‘242-Manufacture of other chemical products’ and ‘269-Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, n.e.c.’.
Amongst major employment generating States, there is a decreasing trend in absenteeism rates in Tamil Nadu. The trend in accession rates have been observed to be increasing in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, whereas the trend is decreasing in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The trend in separation rates have also been observed to be increasing in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, whereas the trend is decreasing in Tamil Nadu.
7.6 Trend in Number of Reporting factories
Table 7.6 presents trend data on number of reporting factories, percentage of factories employing contract and child workers and percentage of factories paying or incurring expenses on bonus, provident funds and welfare fund. It is observed that the percentage of factories employing women workers is increasing at all India levele and also in all the sectors.