List of largest employers in India

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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[edit | edit source]

Both private and public companies are included in this list.

Rank Employer Employees Year Industry Country References[3]
1 Indian Railways 1.4 million 2021 Transportation  India [1][4][5]
2 Sahara India Pariwar 1.4 million 2021 Conglomerate  India [1][6][7]
3 Indian Armed Forces 1.3 million 2021 Defence  India [1][4][5]
4 Tata Consultancy Services 525,000 2021 IT Industry  India [1][4][5][8]
5 India Post 466,000 2021 Communications  India [1][4][5]
6 QUESS Corp 369,000 2021 Services  India [5]
7 Coal India 272,000 2021 Coal Mining  India [9][10]
9 State Bank of India 250,000 2021 Banking  India [1][4][5]
8 Infosys 279,000 2021 IT Industry  India [1][4][5]
10 Reliance Industries 236,334 2021 Conglomerate  India [10][11]
12 Cognizant 204,500 2020 IT Industry  USA [12]
13 Accenture 200,000 2021 IT Industry  Ireland [13]
14 Patanjali 200,000 2011 Consumer packaged goods  India [1][4][5]
11 Wipro 221,000 2021 IT Industry  India [1][4][5]
15 HCL 187,000 2021 IT Industry  India [1][4][5]
16 IBM 145,000 2012 IT Industry  USA [14]
17 Tech Mahindra 125,000 2021 IT Industry  India [15]
18 Capgemini 125,000 2021 IT Industry  France [16]
19 Life Insurance Corporation of India 113,000 2021 Insurance  India [1][4][5]
20 HDFC Bank 105,000 2021 Banking  India
21 Punjab National Bank 103,000 2021 Banking  India

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Banerjee, Ankita (Dec 15, 2016). "These Are The Biggest Employers In India". OfficeChai.
  2. ↑ "India's eight biggest employers". The Economic Times.
  3. ↑ "The World's Biggest Employers". Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 "India's eight biggest employers". The Economic Times.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Sahara India says not laying off any worker".
  8. ↑ [1]
  9. ↑ [2]
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 [3]
  11. ↑ [4]
  12. ↑ "Cognizant sees sharp decline in employee numbers in 2020". thehindubusinessline.com.
  13. ↑ "2 Lakh Accenture Employees In India Will Get 1-Week Salary As Bonus: Find Out Why?". trak.in.
  14. ↑ "If Cognizant is Indian, so are IBM and Accenture". TOI.
  15. ↑ "Tech Mahindra: number of employees 2020". Statista.
  16. ↑ "Capgemini planning to hire 30,000 people in India in 2021". peoplematters.in.
  17. ↑ "Top 10 Largest Banks in India: Government /Private Bank". May 4, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Top 10 Largest Banks in India 2021 - List of Biggest Banks as per RBI". www.mymoneymantra.com.
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