New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- Employment in India's unincorporated non-agricultural sector saw a modest, yet resilient, rise in the July-September quarter, according to data from the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) released on Tuesday.

The latest quarterly estimates show that the number of unincorporated establishments edged up to about 7.97 crore in the July-September quarter, from 7.94 crore in the April-June period, a marginal gain but building on a sharp increase from the previous annual estimate of roughly 7.34 crore establishments for 2023-24.

Employment in the sector stood at approximately 12.86 crore, a slight increase from the prior quarter yet noticeably higher than the more than 12 crore workers reported i...