New Delhi: Contractual workers and casual labourers are among the worst hit during the April-June quarter of the current fiscal with manufacturing reporting 87,000 job losses, said a labour ministry survey.

However, the overall employment in the eight selected sectors has increased 64,000 during the quarter, according to the quarterly survey by the Labour Bureau, a wing of the labour ministry.

"In manufacturing, the composition of total estimated change in employment of (-) 87,000 by gender shows a (-) 65,000 change in male workers and (-) 22,000 change in female workers," the Quarterly Employment Survey said.

Out of the (-) 87,000 change in total estimated employment, no change was observed in self employed, whereas (-) 87,000 change was observed in the employees category in comparison with the previous quarter.

Out of a total estimated change of (-) 87,000 in employees, a change of (+) 39,000 was observed in case of regular workers, (-) 54,000 in case of contractual workers and (-) 72,000 in the casual workers category, it added.

The survey said there was an overall positive change of 64,000 workers over the previous quarter across 8 sectors at all-India level.

Employment rose 99,000 in the education sector and 31,000 in health , while construction added 10,000 jobs and trade, 7,000.

Employment in tech and BPO rose 2,000, while in accommodation & restaurants, it rose 5,000.

Besides manufacturing, transport lost 30,000 jobs.

Female jobs

Out of the total estimated change in employment of 64,000, female workers accounted for a change of (+) 51,000 and male workers accounted for a change of (+) 13,000.

The self-employed experienced a positive change of 3,000 and employees experienced a positive change of 61,000.

The number of regular workers marked a significant positive change by 1.48 lakh, while the number of contract and casual workers dropped by 64,000 and 23,000 respectively. The survey covered 11,179 units in the eight sectors throughout the country. PTI