Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025:
The National Statistics Office (NSO), operating under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), released India’s first-ever comprehensive district-level estimates for the unincorporated non-agricultural sector.
- Drawing from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025, the report establishes a granular statistical portrait across 757 districts to support decentralized, evidence-based economic planning.
- The unincorporated non-agricultural enterprise landscape covers informal and small-scale business units operating outside corporate frameworks across three core sectors: Manufacturing, Trade, and Other Services.
- Ownership types encompass proprietorships, partnerships (excluding LLPs), cooperatives, and trusts/societies. Because these informal units employ a major portion of India’s non-farm labor force, granular district-level metrics—measuring enterprise concentration, Gross Value Added (GVA), emoluments, and labor productivity—are critical to identifying sub-state regional disparities.
Key Macro Highlights & Sectoral Data:
- The top 10 districts (concentrated across Gujarat, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) generate roughly one-tenth (10%) of all establishments, workers, and GVA.
- The top 50 districts (distributed across 12 states) drive nearly one-third (~33%) of the entire sector’s total establishments, aggregate workforce, and Gross Value Added.
- Roughly one-third of all districts host over 1,00,000 unincorporated establishments each.
- Around 9% of districts have fewer than 10,000 units.
- Only 16 mega-districts host more than 5,00,000 units each (8 in West Bengal, 3 in Maharashtra, 2 in Gujarat, and 1 each in Karnataka, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh).
Productivity &GVA Benchmarks: - In 280 districts, economic productivity exceeds the national benchmark, recording a GVA per worker higher than the all-India average of ₹1,56,539.
- In 331 districts, labor productivity remains clustered in the range of ₹1,00,000 to ₹1,50,000 GVA per worker.
- In 237 districts, women comprise at least one-third (33.3%) of the unincorporated workforce.
In 25 districts, female workers represent more than 50% of the labor force. - In Mizoram, female-owned proprietary units account for at least 50% of all establishments across every single district.
- Districts in Telangana, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Mizoram lead nationally in both female-headed ownership and female labor participation.
- Top Contributing Districts Across Major States (By Share of State Establishments):
- West Bengal: North 24 Parganas accounts for 15.99% of the state’s total units.
- Telangana: Rangareddy contributes 23.53% of all state establishments.
- Gujarat: Surat leads with a 19.43% share within the state.
- Punjab: Ludhiana represents 14.74% of state units.
- Karnataka: Bengaluru (Urban) commands 12.83% of the state total.
- Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram leads the state at 12.38%.
- Rajasthan: Jaipur accounts for 11.70% of units.
- Maharashtra: Pune contributes 9.14% of the state establishment base.
- Bihar: Patna captures 8.23% within the state.
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai represents 7.13% of state units.
- Uttar Pradesh: Prayagraj leads the state at 5.77%.
