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Employment
in the Electronics Industry
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The Electronics industry has a high employment-to-capital
ratio. Personnel are required in various categories like design, production,
quality control, maintenance, etc. With a high potential for employment
generation, the electronics sector provides opportunities for skilled
and semi-skilled workers.
TOTAL DIRECT EMPLOYMENT
The total direct employment in electronics manufacturing industry
has increased from 130,000 in 1981 to 365,000 in 1999, during which
period the production has registered an increase from Rs 8,560 million
to Rs 277,500 million. The public sector, which accounts for 27 percent
of the total employment, has contributed to 19 percent of the total
production in 1999. On the contrary, organised private sector employs
only 29.5 percent of the total manpower and accounts for 42 percent
of production. The share of employment and production for the small
scale sector are 44 percent and 39 per cent respectively.
INDUSTRYWISE EMPLOYMENT
A sizable employment is also provided in the area of computer software,
ancillaries / subcontracting, sub-assemblies, audio-video cassettes
lending libraries, software generation for AIR and Doordarshan, production
of plastic and metal parts and vending of consumer electronic products,
etc. The computer software industry alone employs about 60,000 persons,
ancillary units about 30,000 persons, repairs and maintenance about
90,000 persons and other areas such as video cassettes lending libraries,
dealers in network, etc., employ about 200,000 persons.
LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY
Over the years, the labour productivity in the manufacturing units
has increased considerably. The average output per person has increased
from Rs 69,000 in 1981 to Rs 760,000 in 1999.
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