Over the past decade, employment in Central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) has seen a double whammy of job reduction on the one hand and increasing contractualisation of employment on the other. These trends emerge from an analysis of Public Enterprises Survey reports from 2012-13 to 2021-22.Over the past decade, employment in Central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) has seen a double whammy of job reduction on the one hand and increasing contractualisation of employment on the other. These trends emerge from an analysis of Public Enterprises Survey reports from 2012-13 to 2021-22.