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which was more in the case of urban females from 13.1 per cent in 2017-18 to 10.7 per cent
in 2018-19, as compared to males from 15.1 per cent in 2017-18 to 14.2 per cent in 2018-19.
The quarterly PLFS covers only the urban areas and it may be seen that the proportion of male
engaged as regular wage/salaried employees has increased during the period January-March,
2020 from the January-March, 2019, while decline was noticed for both male and female in the
category of causal labours during the same period (Table 9).
Table 8: Number of Workers for 2018-19 (ps+ss), all ages by
Sector, Gender and Employment Status (in crore)

Rural Urban Total
2018-19
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Self employed 13.99 5.05 19.04 4.89 1.14 6.04 18.88 6.19 25.07

• Own account worker 11.75 1.84 13.59 4.37 0.83 5.20 16.12 2.67 18.79
and employer
• Helper in household 2.24 3.21 5.45 0.52 0.32 0.84 2.76 3.52 6.28
enterprise
Regular wage/ salary 3.46 0.93 4.39 5.97 1.81 7.78 9.43 2.74 12.17
Casual labour 6.90 2.48 9.37 1.80 0.35 2.15 8.69 2.83 11.52
Total 24.37 8.46 32.83 12.64 3.31 15.96 37.01 11.77 48.78
Source: Estimated using PLFS 2018-19 survey. Figures are approximate.

Table 9: Percentage Distribution of Persons Employed by Status of
Employment in Urban Areas (Age: 15 years & above, as per CWS)

Status of Jan-March, April-June, July-Sep, Oct-Dec, Jan-March,
Employment 2019 (Q4) 2019 (Q1) 2019 (Q2) 2019 (Q3) 2020 (Q4)
by Category
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Self employed 38.9 32.8 38.7 33.3 39.4 34.0 39.0 34.4 39.3 34.8
Regular wage/
salaried em- 47.9 58.2 48.0 58.3 47.5 57.4 48.0 57.3 48.5 57.5
ployees
Casual labour 13.2 9.1 13.3 8.4 13.1 8.6 13.1 8.4 12.2 7.7
Source: Quarterly Bulletin, PLFS, January-March, 2020
Note: CWS-Current Weekly Status of a person, is the activity status obtaining for a person during a reference period
of 7 days preceding the date of survey.

Formal Employment

10.17 The net payroll data of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) as on 20
th
December, 2020 shows a net increase of new subscribers in EPFO of 78.58 lakhs in 2019-20
as compared to 61.1 lakhs in 2018-19. These estimates are net of the members newly enrolled,
exited and re-joined during the year as per records of the EPFO. During FY 2020-21, the net
new EPF subscribers shows an increase across all age groups and had peaked in September,
2020 to 14.2 lakh subscribers. Age-wise net new EPF subscribers from April to September
2020 is presented in Figure 4. Data from Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal