Annual Survey Of Unincorporated Enterprises (2022-23):
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises for 2022-23.
- As per the survey, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra had the highest share of informal sector enterprises in both rural and urban areas in 2022-23.
- The share of informal sector enterprises decreased in the post-pandemic year 2022-23 in states such as Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
- The state of Uttar Pradesh topped among major states with an increase in the number of unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises.
Share of Informal Sector Enterprises (in 2022-23 as compared to 2021-22):
- Uttar Pradesh: Increased by 0.84% (from 12.99% to 13.83% of total informal sector enterprises(TISE)).
- West Bengal: Decreased by 0.27% (from 12.31% to 12.04% of TISE).
- Maharashtra: Increased by 0.56% (from 8.81% to 9.37% of TISE).
- Delhi: Increased by 0.79% (from 0.64% to 1.43% of TISE).
- Informal sector workers (in 2022-23 as compared to 2021-22):
- Uttar Pradesh: Increased by 0.27 crore from 1.30 crore).
- West Bengal: Increased by 0.03 crore from 1.02 crore)
- Maharashtra: Increased by 16.19 lakh
- Total Workers in Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Sector:
- During 2022-23: Increased by 1.17 crore workers (from 9.79 to 10.96 crore).
- Urban Workers: Increased by 0.69 crore workers (from 5.03 to 5.72 crore).
- Rural Workers: Increased by 0.48 crore workers (from 4.76 to 5.24 crore).
