5 percent in the first four months of 2009-10 over the last four months of the previous fiscal, whereas the Delhi region witnessed a decline of 6.4 percent during the same period.

However, the number of newly created jobs in the NCR as a whole increased from 42,501 during December-March 2008-09 to 49,750 during April-July 2009, a growth rate of over 17.1 percent.

Among the satellite towns, Gurgaon created the maximum new job opportunities with a 23.1 percent share in the total, followed by Noida/Greater Noida (20 percent), Ghaziabad (5.6 percent) and Faridabad (4.9 percent).

A sector-wise analysis shows the IT/ITES sector created the maximum number of jobs with a share of 27.5 percent of the total, followed by the academics sector (nearly 17 percent) and the banking, financial service and insurance (BFSI) sector (14.5 percent).