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Nikhil Gupta

MOSL: ECOSCOPE-Believe it or not, demonetization did not hurt employment-122,000 jobs created in 3QFY17

​ECOSCOPE: Believe it or not, demonetization did not hurt employment; 122,000 jobs created in 3QFY17 – the highest in the new series

  • Eight selected sectors (manufacturing, construction, trade, transport, accommodation & restaurant, IT/BPO, education and health, which together constitute ~81% of total employment at units with 10+ workers) added 122,000 jobs in 3QFY17, much higher than +32,000 in the previous quarter. Notably, after recording a workforce decline of 12,000 in 2QFY17, the manufacturing sector added the highest number of workers (+83,000) in 3QFY17.
  • The eight sectors employed 20.72m workers as on 1 January 2017, up from 20.52m at the beginning of April 2016, implying average growth of 0.32% in the first three quarters of FY17. Considering average real GDP growth of 7.2% during this period, employment elasticity seems to have worsened significantly.
  • Although the pace of job creation remains weak, it is pertinent to note that (in contrast to our fear) demonetization did not dent employment generation in the economy. In fact, employment addition in 3Q was more than that in 1HFY17.


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Nikhil Gupta

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