Registered Factories

 

 

Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), which is the principal source of industrial statistics, conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Government of India in each year. It covers all factories registered under section 2m (i) and 2m (ii) of Factory Act, 1948 and bidi and cigar manufacturing establishments registered under Bidi and Cigar Workers (Condition of Employment) Act, 1966. The final Net Value Added from organized manufacturing sector for the year 2004-05 based on ASI data was Rs. 23,124 lakhs. The similar data for the year 2003-04 shows that the Net Value Added from organized manufacturing sector was Rs. 6,820 lakhs in the State.

 

District wise number of Registered Factories with number of workers employed in 2009-10 and 2010-11:

 

Year/District

Under Sec. 2m(i)

Under Sec. 2m(ii)

Under Sec. 85 section

Total factories

Average No. of workers employed

2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11

West

231

279

73

71

632

658

936

1007

26172

30609

South

89

106

28

28

257

276

374

410

13533

15416

North

117

127

10

9

125

126

252

262

11768

12676

Dhalai

34

46

9

9

42

47

85

102

6400

6825

Total

471

557

120

117

1056

1107

1647

1781

57873

65526

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2010-11