The total number of employees in manufacturing industries increased by 7.5 per cent to 1.84 crore in 2022-23 from 1.72 crore in 2021-22.
This is the highest rate of increase in employment in manufacturing industries in the last 12 years.
The highest employment was recorded in factories producing food products, followed by textiles, basic metals, wearing apparel and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers.
The total number of factories increased from 2.49 lakh in 2021-22 to 2.53 lakh in 2022-23.
The number of workers employed in the informal sector in 2022-23 had dropped by 16.45 lakh or about 1.5 per cent to 10.96 crore compared to 11.13 crore in 2015-16.
In terms of GVA, Maharashtra ranked first in 2022-23 followed by Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.