Delhi is emerging as a major hub for business and other activities as the number of establishments operating here have increased from 7.55 lakh as per Fifth Economic Census 2005 to 8.93 lakh in the Sixth Economic Census 2013,indicating a growth of 18.35 per cent as per the report on Sixth Economic Census in the national Capital.
According to the census prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, about 1.53 per cent of the total establishments in the country are located in Delhi as compared to 1.32 per cent in Chhattisgarh, 2 per cent in Haryana, 1.09 per cent in Jharkhand, 0.87 per cent in Jammu & Kashmir and 0.71 per cent in Himachal Pradesh.
Furthermore, about 6.87 lakh establishments (76.9 per cent) are working in a fixed structure and remaining 2.06 lakh (23.1 per cent) without any fixed structure. While, at the national level 20.49 per cent of the total establishments are working without fixed structure.
For the first time, data for handicraft and handloom establishments was collected for the first time which revealed 2.50 per cent of the establishments (22,308) are engaged in this sector. Out of total workers, 20.49 lakh (68.70 per cent) were hired workers and 9.36 lakh (31.3 per cent) non-hired workers. About 26.21 lakh (87.8 per cent) were male workers and 3.64 lakh (12.2 per cent) were female workers. The percentage share of Delhi in total number of people employed in the country is 2. 34 per cent. Out of total employment, there were 26,20,993 (87.81 per cent) male workers and 3,63,857 (12.19 per cent) female workers. At all India level, the comparison of female in total employment was 30.90 per cent.
Similarly, out of the total workers, 20,49,468 were hired and rest of them are nearly were household workers. The percentage of hired workers out of total workers in Delhi is about 68.65 per cent as against all India average of 45.69 per cent. Delhi’s average employment size (number of workers per enterprise) of 3.34 workers per enterprise is relatively
better from its neighboring States and Union Territories like Haryana (2.76), Himachal Pradesh (2.32), Punjab (2.36), Uttar Pradesh (2.05), Uttarakhand (2.63), Rajasthan (2.12), Madhya Pradesh (2.06) and J&K (2.14).According to report, the average employment size is also better in Delhi as compared to the all India average of 2.18 workers per enterprise. The census reveals that the maximum number of establishments (1.53 lakh) are located in Central district (17.2 per cent) followed by 11.9 per cent (1.07 lakh) in West district, 10.5 per cent (0.94 lakh) in North-East, 10.4 per cent (0.93 lakh) in North-West and 9.2 per cent (0.82 lakh) in East district. The national Capital with 1.53 per cent share in the total number of establishment had occupied 17th position among 36 States/UTs in the country.
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