The National Statistical Office(NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to December, 2019, based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions.A detailed note is annexed.

Payroll reporting shows formal sector subscriber flows across EPF, ESI and NPS, with provisional, overlapping administrative counts. The Ministry presents provisional, age and gender disaggregated subscriber counts and monthly flows from EPF, ESI and NPS administrative records for Sept 2017-Dec 2019, reports totals of 3,12,09,293 new EPF subscribers, 3,50,47,974 new ESI registrations and 17,28,870 new NPS subscribers, and cautions that sources overlap, figures are not additive and recent months are provisional due to ongoing record updates and delayed filings.