We present estimates, at the State level, of Indian manufacturing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and Technical Efficiency (TE) from the estimation of production functions for 17 manufacturing industries from 1976 to 1992. Our analysis relates TFP and TE to the availability of infrastructure. We...

1. Introduction -- 2. Review of Select Studies -- 3. Empirical Analysis: Organized Manufacturing Sector (ASI Sector) -- 4. Performance of Unorganised Manufacturing.- 5. Inter-industry Linkages -- 6. Productivity, Skills and Innovation -- 7. Innovation and Employment.-8. Conclusions.

This study based on the firm level data for eleven industries for the period ranging from 1998 through 2010 makes an attempt to capture the effect of R&D on employment in the backdrop of the debate on possible tradeoffs between innovation and labour absorption. It also estimates the firm...