Bangalore Sees 12.3 Percent Rise in Job Generation in Q2

Bangalore: The new job generation in the city, the IT capital of the nation, during the second quarter of FY 2013-14 surged by 12.3 percent as against the previous quarter, industry body ASSOCHAM has said in a joint study.

"With over 21,000 new job opportunities created in various sectors across Bangalore during Q2 of FY14, the new job generation in city has increased significantly from over 18,700 new jobs generated during Q1," it said.

The sector-specific analysis on 'Job Trends Across Cities and Sectors' was conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India's Economic Research Bureau (AERB).

"A total of over 1.36 lakh new jobs were generated in various sectors across India during Q2 of FY14 which increased from over 1.25 lakh new jobs that were generated during Q1.

Top five metros like Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata and Mumbai together account for about 61 percent of these new jobs," ASSOCHAM Secretary General D S Rawat said releasing the analysis.

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