Employment in various sectors have been increased by two lakh twenty six thousand during the period of October to December 2011. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said that recently released report of 13th quarterly quick employment survey revealed that the various sectors in which increase has been registered, include IT, BPO and contract category of workers. He said that the government has been continuously assessing the effect of global economic slowdown on employment situation in India since the year 2008. Labour bureau has been conducting quarterly quick employment surveys in the selected labour-intensive and export-oriented sectors like textiles including apparels, metals gems and jewellery, automobiles, transport, IT/BPO, leather and powerloom.