TABLE 3.4

Major Industry	Employment Cost (Rs Million)					Average Daily Employment (000 Nos.)
	1985-86	1986-87	1987-88	1988-89	1990-91	1985-86	1986-87	1987-88	1988-89	1990-91
Food	1736	1913	2116	2601	3321	66	69	67	72	84
Beverages	141	131	165	193	218	6	5	6	6	5
Tobacco	185	198	232	196	225	10	9	9	8	6
Textile	2840	3382	3537	4058	7062	177	188	171	178	238
Wearing Apparels	198	269	312	386	726	9	12	12	13	20
Leather & Product	127	329	371	425	612	7	11	12	12	15
Ginning, Pressing &
Bailing	172	175	291	198	372	11	10	10	9	10
Wood & Product	46	66	78	85	86	3	3	3	3	3
Furniture & Fixture	21	33	34	32	54	1	2	2	2	2
Paper & Products	203	180	247	299	360	8	7	9	9	8
Printing & Publishing	259	339	403	384	396	9	11	12	9	8
Drug & Pharmaceutical
Product	566	643	826	1066	1545	15	14	15	17	18
Industrial Chemicals	747	853	881	1030	1483	19	18	16	16	18
Other Chemical Product	261	408	393	422	487	10	13	11	9	9
Petroleum Refining	143	151	179	178	250	3	3	2	2	2
Petroleum & coal
Product	15	23	28	42	63	1	1	1	1	2
Rubber Products	289	180	205	257	312	11	7	8	9	8
Plastic Products	104	119	113	131	195	4	5	4	4	5
Non-Metalic Mineral
Products	865	996	1137	1236	1620	25	27	28	28	28
Iron & Steel Basic
Industries	1392	1763	1731	2056	3206	43	42	39	39	44
Fabricated Metal Product	169	220	237	350	358	9	9	12	12	12
Non-Electrical Goods	495	536	561	849	1215	19	19	19	24	25
Electrical Machinery	462	632	742	806	933	17	19	20	18	19
Transport Equipment	550	713	882	876	1100	17	21	23	20	19
Measuring, Photographic
Optical Goods	54	60	88	49	108	3	3	3	1	4
Sports & Athletic goods	27	32	40	44	169	1	2	1	1	8
Others	53	48	63	65	90	3	2	3	3	2
Total	12120	14392	15892	18314	26546	507	532	515	525	622