New Delhi: Between July 2015-June 2016 and October 2022-September 2023, unincorporated enterprises in the manufacturing sector lost around 5.4 million jobs and 1.8 million establishments, an analysis of data from the National Statistical Office (NSO) has showed.>
An analysis of the fact sheet on ‘Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE)’ and the comparable 73rd round survey in 2015-16 by the NSO indicated that the number of unincorporated enterprises went down by 9.3 per cent during this seven-year period, reported Business standard.>
While around 17.82 million unincorporated enterprises operated in the manufacturing sector in October 2022-September 2023, the figure was 19.7 million in July 2015- June 2016, reflecting a decrease of 9.3 per cent.>
A corresponding decrease was seen in the number of workers engaged by these establishments, with this figure declining by nearly 15 per cent to 30.6 million (2022-23) from 36.04 million (2015-16), reported Business Standard.>
Small businesses, sole proprietorships, partnerships and businesses in the informal sector are collectively referred to as unincorporated enterprises as they are not legally incorporated as separate legal units.>
The analysis of the NSO data also reveals that the number of unincorporated establishments in the trading sector went down by 2 per cent to 22.5 million in October 2022-September 2023 as compared to 23.05 million in July 2015-June 2016.>
However, the number of workers engaged in the sector registered a slight increase to 39 million from 38.7 million during the same time period, reported Business Standard.>