Employment in the informal sector rose by 10% to more than 1.2 billion people in the year to September 2024, and the number of establishments rose by 12% to 7.34 billion people, according to a study by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Tuesday. It became a million people.
The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises 2023-24 (also known as ASUSE 2023-24) has identified a total of 4,98,024 establishments (2,73,085 rural and urban) out of 16,842 FSUs (8,523 FSUs) surveyed. Data were collected from 2,24,939). 8,319 people in rural areas and 8,319 people in urban areas).
The survey was conducted on a regional basis, with establishments listed in the selected first stage units in both rural and urban sectors.
With the exception of a few large facilities that provided annual data from their audited financial books, most data were collected from selected facilities through verbal questioning regarding “monthly” reference periods. Data were collected on a tablet using a computer-assisted personal interview.
