Year

Units

Production

Employment

Production

SSI Exports

(No.lakh)

(Rs.crore)

(No.lakh)

per employee

(Rs.crore)

(US$ million)

At 1993-94

At current

(Rs.thousand)

prices

prices

At 1993-94 prices

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1973-74

4.2

34200

7200

39.7

86

400

500

1974-75

5

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

98

800

987

1978-79

7.3

58200

15800

63.8

91

1100

1303

1979-80

8.1

66400

21600

67

99

1200

1518

1980-81

8.7

72200

28100

71

102

1600

2078

1981-82

9.6

78300

32600

75

104

2100

2309

1982-83

10.6

84700

35000

79

107

2000

2116

1983-84

11.6

93500

41600

84.2

111

2200

2093

1984-85

12.4

104600

50500

90

116

2500

2137

1985-86

13.5

118100

61200

96

123

2800

2263

1986-87

14.6

133600

72300

101.4

132

3600

2851

1987-88

15.8

150500

87300

107

141

4400

3372

1988-89

17.1

169900

106400

113

150

5500

3790

1989-90

18.2

189900

132300

119.6

159

7600

4579

1990-91

19.5

207200

155300

125.3

165

9700

5386

1991-92

20.8

213600

178700

129.8

165

13900

5632

1992-93

22.5

225600

209300

134.1

168

17800

6141

1993-94

23.9

241600

241600

139.4

173

25300

8068

1994-95

25.7

266000

294000

146.6

181

29100

9258

1995-96

26.6

296400

356200

152.6

194

36500

10904

1996-97

28

329900

412600

160

206

39200

11560

1997-98

29.4

357700

465200

167.2

214

44400

11893

1998-99

30.8

385300

527500

171.6

225

49000

11660

1999-00

32.1

416700

572900

178.5

233

54200

13170

2000-01

33.1

451033

639024

185.6

242

69797

.

2001-02

34.4

478456

690316

192.2

249

.

.

Source : SIDBI Reports on Small Scale Industries Sector and Ministry of Small Scale Industries, Government Of India