List of largest employers in India

The largest employers in India include companies, the military, railway and the government. To keep the list manageable in length, only those companies/employers which have at least 100,000 employees are included in the list.[1][2]

Largest employers

Both private and public companies are included in this list.

Rank Employer Employees Year Industry Country References[3]
1 Indian Armed Forces 1,400,000 2021 Defence India [1][4][5]
2 Indian Railways 1,254,000 2021 Transportation India [1][6][7]
3 Paramilitary forces of India 1,065,000 2021 Defence India [1][4][5]
4 Tata Group 935,000 2022 Conglomerate India [1][4][5][8]
5 QUESS Corp 547,000 2023 Services India [1]
5 India Post 416,083 2021 Communications India [1][4][5]
6 Infosys 314,015 2022 IT Industry India [1][4][5]
7 Accenture 300,000 2022 IT Industry Ireland [9]
8 Coal India 248,550 2022 Coal Mining India [10][11]
9 State Bank of India 245,642 2021 Banking India [1][4][5]
10 Reliance Industries 236,334 2021 Conglomerate India [11][12]
11 Wipro 231,671 2021 IT Industry India [1][4][5]
12 HCL 208,877 2022 IT Industry India [1][4][5]
13 Patanjali Ayurved 200,000 2021 Consumer packaged goods India [1][4][5]
14 Capgemini 185,000 2022 IT Industry France [13]
15 HDFC Bank 177,000 2023 Banking India [14]
16 Cognizant 150,000 2021 IT Industry United States [15]
17 IBM 145,000 2012 IT Industry United States [16]
18 Aditya Birla Group 140,000 2021 Conglomerate India
19 ICICI Bank 130,542 2022 Banking India
20 Tech Mahindra 125,000 2021 IT Industry India [17]
21 Life Insurance Corporation of India 114,000 2021 Insurance India [1][4][5]
22 Punjab National Bank 103,000 2021 Banking India
23 Deloitte 95,000 2022 Professional services United Kingdom

See also

References

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  2. ^ "India's eight biggest employers". The Economic Times.
  3. ^ "The World's Biggest Employers". Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "India's eight biggest employers". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Top Companies In India: Top Companies in India by Employee Cost, Top BSE Companies by Employee Cost, Top BSE Companies". www.moneycontrol.com.
  6. ^ "Sahara Group says no layoffs; gives salary hikes, promotions to employees despite COVID pressure". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Sahara India says not laying off any worker".
  8. ^ "Number of employees at Tata Consultancy Services 2005-2021".
  9. ^ "Accenture's India employee strength rises to 3 lakh". The Times of India. April 2022.
  10. ^ "Coal India - number of employees 2021".
  11. ^ a b https://companiesmarketcap.com/largest-companies-by-number-of-employees/[bare URL]
  12. ^ "Reliance Industries: Number of employees 2021".[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Capgemini adds 35,000 employees in India in last 12 months". The Times of India. November 2022.
  14. ^ Bank, HDFC. "HDFC Bank-HDFC Merger". ndtv.com.
  15. ^ "Cognizant sees sharp decline in employee numbers in 2020". thehindubusinessline.com. 18 February 2021.
  16. ^ "If Cognizant is Indian, so are IBM and Accenture". TOI. 29 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Tech Mahindra: number of employees 2020". Statista.

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