The largest employers in India include companies, the military, railway and the government. To keep the list manageable in length, only those companies/employers which have at least 100,000 employees are included in the list. [1]
Both private and public companies are included in this list, while conglomerate-level group entities are excluded.
Rank | Employer | Employees | Year | Industry | Country | References [2] |
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1 | Indian Armed Forces | 1,400,000 | 2021 | Defence | India | [3] [4] |
2 | Indian Railways | 1,212,882 | 2022 | Transportation | India | [5] [6] |
3 | Paramilitary forces of India | 1,065,000 | 2021 | Defence | India | [3] [4] |
4 | Quess Corp | 617,000 | 2025 | Services | India | [7] |
5 | Tata Consultancy Services | 606,998 | 2024 | IT | India | [8] |
6 | India Post | 416,083 | 2021 | Communications | India | [3] [4] |
7 | UP Police | 332,414 | 2024 | State Police | India | [9] [10] |
8 | Infosys | 317,240 | 2024 | IT | India | [3] [4] |
9 | Accenture | 300,000 | 2022 | IT | Ireland | [11] |
10 | Cognizant | 254,000 | 2023 | IT | United States | [12] |
11 | Coal India | 248,550 | 2022 | Coal mining | India | [13] [9] |
12 | Reliance Retail | 245,581 | 2023 | Retail | India | [14] |
13 | State Bank of India | 232,296 | 2024 | Banking | India | [3] [4] |
14 | Wipro | 231,671 | 2021 | IT | India | [3] [4] |
15 | HDFC Bank | 213,527 | 2024 | Banking | India | [15] |
16 | HCLTech | 208,877 | 2022 | IT | India | [3] [4] |
17 | Capgemini | 175,000 | 2024 | IT | France | [16] |
18 | IBM | 130,000 | 2017 | IT | United States | [17] |
19 | ICICI Bank | 126,660 | 2023 | Banking | India | [18] |
20 | Tech Mahindra | 125,000 | 2021 | IT | India | [19] |
24 | Deloitte | 120,000 | 2023 | Professional services | United Kingdom | [20] |
21 | Life Insurance Corporation of India | 114,000 | 2021 | Insurance | India | [3] [4] |
22 | Axis Bank | 104,333 | 2024 | Banking | India | [21] |
23 | Punjab National Bank | 102,349 | 2024 | Banking | India |
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