6.7  NUMBER OF WORKING FACTORIES AND WORKERS EMPLOYED
DAILY THEREIN
					(At the end of the year)
Sr.	Year		Number of		Average number		Average
No.			working		of workers		number
			factories		employed daily		of workers
					in working		per factory
					factories
1	2		3		4		5
1	1960		3649		346462		94.95
2	1965		4534		413782		91.26
3	1970		5544		437554		78.92
4	1975		8040		527225		65.58
5	1980		10674		635684		59.55
6	1985		13067		663614		50.79
7	1990		14513		747569		51.51
8	1991		14661		760908		51.90
9	1992		15449		787596		50.98
10	1993		15060		795552		52.83
11	1994		16810		812848		48.36
12	1995		18451		825167		44.72
13	1996		19682		843430		42.85
14	1997		19381		853074		44.12
15	1998		19574		860492		43.96
16	1999		19877		864674		43.50
17	2000		20424		866720		42.44
18	2001		18880		777597		41.18
19	2002 (P)		19696		840068		42.65
Source : Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Ahmedabad