In the Tier-III category cities, Bhubaneswar has seen maximum surge of over 37 per cent in the new job generation followed by Raipur (32 per cent), Meerut (21 per cent) and Ranchi (10 per cent). Guwahati with 48 per cent, Vadodra, 37 per cent, Patna, 29 per cent and Amritsar with 21 per cent, which too are under tier-III category, have seen a dip in job generation, said ASSOCHAM.
A survey by the apex industry body also reveals that Delhi-NCR (national capital region) remained numero uno in new job generation with maximum share of over 27 per cent compared to other cities across India during the first quarter (Q1) of the ongoing financial year (FY) 2013-14.
Amid tier-I cities, Kolkata has seen a significant surge of over 19 per cent in the new job generation, while Bangalore has seen a surge of about seven per cent. The number of new jobs generated in Chennai has seen a huge decline of over 21 per cent i.e. from over 10,200 jobs in the first quarter of the previous financial year to just over 8,000 jobs in the current financial year.
The job scenario in Hyderabad has also taken a hit as the there has been a dip of about five per cent in the Y-o-Y growth of new jobs in the city.
The new job generation growth in Mumbai has also declined by a whopping 28 per cent during the period and even the share of India’s financial capital in this regard has dipped from over 14 per cent a year ago to just over 10 per cent, highlighted the ASSOCHAM analysis.
In the tier-II category, lucknow has registered massive growth of over 58 per cent in number of new jobs generated during the Q1 of FY 2013-14 as against the corresponding period of last year. Even Kanpur has seen huge surge in new job generation growth to the tune of over 53 per cent followed by Kochi which has seen over 45 per cent growth, Nagpur (27 per cent), Gandhinagar (17 per cent) and Jaipur (16 per cent).
Tier-II cities of Surat (38 per cent), Pune (17 per cent), Indore (23 per cent) and Bhopal (12 per cent) have seen significant decline in job creation. The ASSOCHAM team tracked the data on a daily basis for vacancies posted by over 3,000 companies on various job portals, advertisements in job supplements of national and regional dailies and news journals for 56 cities and 32 sectors offering employment opportunities across India.