TNPSC Thervupettagam

8th Economic Census 2025-26

March 10 , 2025 11 hrs 0 min 28 0
  • The Tamil Nadu government has constituted State and district level committees to facilitate the 8th Economic Census.
  • It is conducted once in five years.
  • The Economic Census is aimed at ascertaining the complete count of all the establishments within the State.
  • Though the nation-wide 7th Economic Census was held in 2019, West Bengal did not take part.
  • According to the All-India Report of the 6th Economic Census (the data collected between 2013-14), Tamil Nadu had 8.60%, the fourth highest in the country in terms of the total number of establishments in the country.
  • TN also accounted for 8.91% of the total employment in the country and is the fourth highest among the States and Union territories in the country.
  • The maximum number of larger establishments in the country was reported in Tamil Nadu (13.81%).
  • The largest share in number of establishments under women entrepreneurship was held by Tamil Nadu (13.51%).
  • It is followed by Kerala (11.35%), Andhra Pradesh (10.56%), the West Bengal (10.33%) and Maharashtra (8.25%).

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