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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] [2]
Both private and public companies are included in this list.
| Rank | Employer | Employees | Year | Industry | Country | References [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Armed Forces | 1,400,000 | 2021 | Defence | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 2 | Indian Railways | 1,212,882 | 2022 | Transportation | India | [1] [6] [7] |
| 3 | Paramilitary forces of India | 1,065,000 | 2021 | Defence | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 4 | Tata Group | 1,028,000 | 2023 | Conglomerate | India | [1] [4] [5] [8] |
| 5 | QUESS Corp | 567,000 | 2024 | Services | India | |
| 6 | India Post | 416,083 | 2021 | Communications | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 7 | Reliance Industries | 389,414 | 2023 | Conglomerate | India | [9] [10] |
| 8 | Infosys | 317,240 | 2024 | IT | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 9 | Accenture | 300,000 | 2022 | IT | Ireland | [11] |
| 10 | Cognizant | 250,000 | 2024 | IT | United States | [12] |
| 11 | Coal India | 248,550 | 2022 | Coal mining | India | [13] [9] |
| 12 | State Bank of India | 245,642 | 2021 | Banking | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 13 | Wipro | 231,671 | 2021 | IT | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 14 | HCL | 208,877 | 2022 | IT | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 15 | Aditya Birla Group | 187,000 | 2023 | Conglomerate | India | |
| 16 | HDFC Bank | 177,000 | 2023 | Banking | India | [14] |
| 17 | Capgemini | 175,000 | 2024 | IT | France | [15] |
| 18 | IBM | 145,000 | 2012 | IT | United States | [16] |
| 19 | ICICI Bank | 130,542 | 2022 | Banking | India | |
| 20 | Tech Mahindra | 125,000 | 2021 | IT | India | [17] |
| 21 | Life Insurance Corporation of India | 114,000 | 2021 | Insurance | India | [1] [4] [5] |
| 22 | Punjab National Bank | 103,000 | 2021 | Banking | India | |
| 23 | Deloitte | 95,000 | 2022 | Professional services | United Kingdom |
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