The volume of jobs in different industries decreased by 3.6 per cent whereas wages increased by 11.1 per cent in real terms in 2012-13, says a Government survey.
The total number of persons engaged in different industries declined to 1.29 crore in 2012-13 from 1.34 crore in the previous fiscal, Annual Survey of Industries has revealed.The jobs had increased by 5.8 per cent in 2011-12 from 1.26 crore in the previous fiscal. According to the survey, total wages provided to factory workers rose by 11.1 per cent in 2012-13 to Rs1.10 lakh crore from Rs99,855.79 crore in 2011-12. The total wage bill had jumped by 16.6 per cent in 2011-12 from Rs85,645 crore in 2010-11.