Year

Units

Production

Employment

Production per

SSI Exports

(Lakh nos.)

At 1993-94 prices

(Rs. crore)
At current prices

(Lakh nos.)

Employee (Rs.
thousand) at
1993-94 prices

Rs. crore

US
$ million

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1973-74

4.2

34200

7200

39.7

86

400

500

1974-75

5.0

36100

9200

40.4

89

500

678

1975-76

5.5

42500

11000

45.9

93

500

615

1976-77

5.9

46800

12400

49.8

94

800

857

1977-78

6.7

52800

14300

54.0

98

800

987

1978-79

7.3

58200

15800

63.8

91

1100

1303

1979-80

8.1

66400

21600

67.0

99

1200

1518

1980-81

8.7

72200

28100

71.0

102

1600

2078

1981-82

9.6

78300

32600

75.0

104

2100

2309

1982-83

10.6

84700

35000

79.0

107

2000

2116

1983-84

11.6

93500

41600

84.2

111

2200

2093

1984-85

12.4

104600

50500

90.0

116

2500

2137

1985-86

13.5

118100

61200

96.0

123

2800

2263

1986-87

14.6

133600

72300

101.4

132

3600

2851

1987-88

15.8

150500

87300

107.0

141

4400

3372

1988-89

17.1

169900

106400

113.0

150

5500

3790

1989-90

18.2

189900

132300

119.6

159

7600

4579

1990-91

67.9

84728

78802

158.3

54

9664

5386

1991-92

70.6

87355

80615

166.0

53

13883

5632

1992-93

73.5

92246

84413

174.8

53

17784

6140

1993-94

76.5

98796

98796

182.6

54

25307

8068

1994-95

79.6

108774

122154

191.4

57

29068

9258

1995-96

82.8

121175

147712

197.9

61

36470

10903

1996-97

86.2

134892

167805

205.9

66

39248

11056

1997-98

89.7

146263

187217

213.2

69

44442

11958

1998-99

93.4

157525

210454

220.6

71

48979

11642

1999-00

97.2

170379

233760

229.1

74

54200

12508

2000-01

101.1

184401

261297

239.1

77

69797

15278

2001-02

105.2

195613

282270

249.1

79

71244

14938

2002-03

109.5

210636

311993

260.1

81

86013

17773

2003-04

114.0

228730

357733

271.4

84

.

.

2004-05 P

118.6

249064

412450

282.9

88

.

.

P : Provisional.
Note :
1. Data have been revised since 1990-91 on the basis of the findings of the Third All-India Census of SSI units.
2. Data at constant prices is deflated on the basis of growth rates achieved in SSI sector from 2001-02 to 1990-91.
3. Production at constant prices for the year 2004-05 is estimated on the growth rate of 8.89 per cent achieved during the period April-December 2004.
4. Production at current prices is compiled on the basis of average WPI 165.6 for the period (April-December 2004) of manufactured products.
Source : Ministry of Small Scale Industries, Government of India.