India - Pune leading employment provider;Study

PUNE: A study on job opportunities in various tier II cities in the country points out Pune as the leading employment provider destination, followed by Lucknow and Pondicherry. Pune with a share of 16.5 per cent emerged number one job provider while Lucknow and Pondicherry accounted for 12.30 per cent and 10.50 per cent respectively out of the total jobs tracked by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in the last quarter of fiscal 2007-08. Titled as 'Tier II and III Cities New Employment Centre', the study highlights Pune's top five employment generating sectors comprising IT, ITeS, Banking, Education, and Automobile. The top five sectors in Lucknow which have created vast employment opportunities in the period under reference include Education, Banking, FMCG, Insurance, and ITeS. In case of Pondicherry, these are Aviation, Banking, Energy, FMCG and Hospitality, the ASSOCHAM study says.