Fuelling Efficiency: India's Industrial Energy Efficiency Employment and Skills Landscape

Sajal Jain (), Diya Dasgupta (), Somit Dasgupta () and Amrita Goldar ()
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Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Working Paper from Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India

Abstract: The analysis found 340 industry divisions at 5-digit National Industrial Classification (NIC) and 16 broad occupation groups under the National Classification of Occupation (NCO), as EE-relevant. Results indicate that 50.32 hundred thousand workers were employed in EE-relevant product manufacturing roles, accounting for about 8 percent of total manufacturing employment in India in 2023–24. As an EE-enabling catalyst, the paper notes the repair and maintenance segment to play a critical role. The largest contributing industry groups are formed by Repair and Maintenance (23.9 per cent), Construction Materials (12.2 per cent), and Electricals and Electronics (11.1 per cent). The analysis further highlights that EE-relevant employment is predominantly made up of high-skilled workforce (50.6 percent). To ensure a robust analysis, the paper employs a dual assessment framework comprising both output-based and task-based approaches, triangulated with data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). Additionally, select occupational tasks were validated via a mapping between the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Green Economy Program occupation database and NCO.

Keywords: energy efficiency; employment; skilling competitiveness; icrier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 page
Date: 2026-07
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