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[]

Both private and public companies are included in this list.

Rank Employer Employees Year Industry Country References[3]
1 Sahara India Pariwar 1.8 million 2021 Conglomerate India [1][4][5]
2 Indian Railway 1.4 million 2021 Transportation 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 422,000 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 United States [12]
13 Accenture 200,000 2021 IT Industry Ireland [13]
14 Patanjali Ayurved 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 United States [14]
17 Tech Mahindra 125,000 2021 IT Industry India [15]
18 Capgemini 125,000 2021 IT Industry France [16]
19 HDFC Bank 120,093 2021 Banking India [17]
20 Life Insurance Corporation of India 113,000 2021 Insurance India [1][4][5]
21 Punjab National Bank 103,000 2021 Banking India

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  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. ^ Bank, HDFC. "HDFC Bank Annual Report 2021" (PDF). hdfcbank.com.
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