8TH ECONOMIC CENSUS 2025-26

Article Title: 8TH ECONOMIC CENSUS 2025-26

11-03-2025

Indian Economy Current Affairs Analysis

Tamil Nadu government has constituted State and district level committees to facilitate the 8th Economic Census.

It is conducted once in five years.

aimed at ascertaining the complete count of all the establishments within the State.

nation-wide 7th Economic Census was held in 2019, West Bengal did not take part.

All-India Report of the 6th Economic Census (the data collected

between 2013-14), Tamil Nadu had 8.60%, the fourth highest in the country in

terms of the total number of establishments

TN also accounted for 8.91% of the total employment in the country

The maximum number of larger establishments in the country was reported in

Tamil Nadu (13.81%).

The largest share in number of establishments under women entrepreneurship

was held by Tamil Nadu (13.51%).

followed by Kerala (11.35%), Andhra Pradesh (10.56%), the West Bengal

(10.33%) and Maharashtra (8.25%)