The number of service sector jobs has increased in India, new findings have revealed.

A survey conducted by the country's Labor Ministry indicated that during the last quarter, employment in the industry rose to 15.72 million, Channel News Asia reported.

The research revealed that two sectors have shown the strongest improvement in terms of hiring levels; information technology and business process outsourcing.

Commenting on the findings, Nimish Adani, chief executive of workosaur.com, told Channel News Asia: "As far as employment is concerned, there have been certain short-term initiatives taken by the government.

"There has been an infusion of stimulus packages in sectors which were labor intensive. So, there has been a marginal improvement."

Earlier this week, the Indian government said that the country's economy had experienced the worst of its troubles and was now showing signs of recovery.

According to Reuters, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, planning commission deputy chairman, told reporters: "I think it is reasonable to assume the worst is over. We will now get back to more normal growth."