List of largest employers in India

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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]

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Largest employers

Both private and public companies are included in this list, while conglomerate-level group entities are excluded.

RankEmployerEmployeesYearIndustryCountryReferences [2]
1 Indian Armed Forces 1,400,0002021DefenceIndia [3] [4]
2 Indian Railways 1,212,8822022TransportationIndia [5] [6]
3 Paramilitary forces of India 1,065,0002021DefenceIndia [3] [4]
4 Tata Consultancy Services 606,9982024 IT India [7]
5QUESS Corp597,0002024ServicesIndia
6 India Post 416,0832021CommunicationsIndia [3] [4]
7 UP Police 332,4142024 State Police India [8] [9]
8 Infosys 317,2402024 IT India [3] [4]
9 Accenture 300,0002022 IT Ireland [10]
10 Cognizant 254,0002023 IT United States [11]
11 Coal India 248,5502022 Coal mining India [12] [8]
12 Reliance Retail 245,5812023 Retail India [13]
13 State Bank of India 232,2962024 Banking India [3] [4]
14 Wipro 231,6712021 IT India [3] [4]
15 HDFC Bank 213,5272024 Banking India [14]
16 HCLTech 208,8772022 IT India [3] [4]
17 Capgemini 175,0002024 IT France [15]
18 IBM 130,0002017 IT United States [16]
19 ICICI Bank 126,6602023 Banking India [17]
20 Tech Mahindra 125,0002021 IT India [18]
24 Deloitte 120,0002023 Professional services United Kingdom [19]
21 Life Insurance Corporation of India 114,0002021 Insurance India [3] [4]
22 Axis Bank 104,3332024 Banking India [20]
23 Punjab National Bank 102,3492024 Banking India

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