TRENDS IN PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT 21 ^ This is one of the few industries which did well in the post-mid-sixties period. <0 Employment trends in the private organized sector show that though the rate of growth of employment declined very sharply in the post-mid-sixties period, the rate of growth of employment in trade and commerce shows no such deceleration. See Shetty, op cif. 81 See Employment Review, 7967-66' which reports that the reduced employment growth in the public sector during 1966-67 was due to, among other factors, a) continued restriction on recruitment, especially in lower echelons (in central government, for example, there is already a ban on class IV posts); b) rigorous enforcement of economy measures fmany state governments actually abolished a number of posts in several departments); c) curtailment of staff in community development departments. ;i2 Report of the Third Central Pay Commission, 1973, New Delhi, Ministry of Finance. rfl See Report of the Study Team on Personnel Administration, Administrative Reforms Commission, August 1967. •u See Annual Reports of Central Government Undertakings.