❖ The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2022-23 was released by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

❖ Tamil Nadu was the top State employing the highest number of persons in the manufacturing.

❖ 1,84,94,962 number of persons were engaged in factories across India, and Tamil Nadu accounted for 15%.

❖ The State also has the highest number of factories accounting for 15.66% of the total 2,53,334 number of factories.

❖ The top five States employing highest number of persons in manufacturing were Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.

❖ These 5 states contributing about 55% of total manufacturing employment.

❖ Among the major states, in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA), Maharashtra ranked first in 2022-23.

❖ It is followed by Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.