Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday released a report on the Sixth Economic Census for Delhi conducted by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics in collaboration with the Central Statistics Office, Government of India, during February-June, 2013.
As per the Sixth Economic Census report, out of the total 8.75 lakh, 55% of establishments (4.77 lakh) have no hired worker and the remaining 3.98 lakh (45%) have at least one hired worker, while average number of persons employed in the establishment with hired worker worked out to 6.1 as against 1.3 in the establishments with no hired worker.
Sisodia pointed out that out of 8.75 lakh establishments, around 7.96 lakh (91%) establishments were under private proprietorship, while around 4.70 lakhs (53.7%) worked outside household with fixed structure and remaining 4.05 lakhs (46.3%) were operated outside household without fixed structure or inside household.
Sisodia said nearly 30.2 lakh people (27,610 in rural areas and 29.9 lakh in urban area) were working in 8.75 lakh establishments in Delhi during 2013 with an average of 3.45 people per establishment — out of 30.2 lakh, about 3.8 lakh (12.5%) were women and 26.4 lakh (87.5%) were male workers.
The Deputy Chief Minister pointed out that as per the Economic Census, the maximum number i.e. 3.7 lakh establishments (42.3%) were engaged in trade, followed by 1.56 lakh (17.8%) in manufacturing activities, 72,572 (8.3%) in transportation and storage and 48,051(5.5%) in accommodation and food service activities.
On the other hand, the manufacturing sector engaged a maximum number of 10 lakh (33.2%) people, followed by 8.6 lakh (28.4%) in trade and 1.8 lakhs (5.9%) in transportation and storage.
He said for the first time the information on handicraft and handloom establishments was collected in Sixth Economic Census — the total number of handicraft/handloom establishments has been reported as 9,260 with 35,553 people engaged (an average of 3.8 workers per establishment).
The Deputy Chief Minister said 70,434 (8%) of total establishments were managed by women entrepreneurs in Delhi, employing around 1.6 lakh people.