According to industry body Assocham, although services sector remains the biggest source of employment in urban areas throughout the country, the two sates of Haryana and Gujarat have managed to ensure that industry too provides a major avenue for jobs. It states that Haryana has topped in providing maximum number of jobs in the manufacturing sector in urban areas among major states. According to the chamber as many as 319 people per 1,000 were employed in the industry in urban Haryana and 306 in Gujarat as against the national average of 242, as per the latest data from the National Sample Survey Office.

Source: The Economic Times