Ahmedabad, 28 November 2012

While the services sector continues to generate the maximum employment in urban areas, Haryana and Gujarat have done well in providing jobs in industry, too, says a study by apex industry body, ASSOCHAM.

As many as 319 people per 1,000 were employed in industry in urban Haryana and 306 in Gujarat against the national average of 242, says the study, quoting Government data.

Against the national average of 683 urban people per 1,000 finding jobs in the services sector, 641 found jobs in Gujarat and 627 in Haryana as per the latest figures by National Sample Survey Office, it adds.