Question

Percentage of government and private jobs in india

Answer 1

In 2011/12 there were 17.61 million (1 crore 76 lakhs) government employees in India.[1]**

In 2014, India’s labour force size was 496 million.[2]

So, about 3.55% of the work force worked forgovernment in 2014 (17.61/496).

It is also interesting to see the percentage of formal private sector jobs (also called organised sector) -

Formal sector is defined as enterprises employing more than 10 workers. These firms come under the purview of labour laws, register for paying tax, their employee pay and benefits tend to be better and the employees get a written job contract (hence more job security)

In 2011/12 there were 11.45 million (1 crore 14 lakh) formal private sector jobs.

So, 2.3% of the work force are in formal private sector.

Hence, the size of the formal sector, based on RBI data till 2012, is about 6% (government + private sector).

The rest 94% are in the informal sector. Majority are farmers, farm labourers and daily wage workers. I saw an estimate that abut 400 million workers are in this category.

[**] I believe the number of people working for government hasn’t changed much since 2012 as number of public sector jobs have shrunk for a while (see the RBI page below). Most probably it has fallen a little since

Answer 2

1. Percentage of government in India is 3.75%. when a person is employed in a government sector he is said to have a government job. example of few government jobs in India are -  Indian Administrative Services [IAS] , Indian Foreign Services [IFS] , Indian Police Services [IPS], Indian Engineering Services [IES] , etc
2. Percentage of private jobs in India is 3.54%.  when a person is employed in a private company, he said to have a private job. examples of private jobs are - Chartered accountant ( CA) , business manager , etc.