The share of contract workers, i.e., the workers employed through contractors, as against the workers directly employed by factories, out of all workers employed in India’s organized manufacturing has increased significantly over the last three decades, from 14 per cent in 1989-90 to 38 per...

In the context of the India KLEMS database, which is consistent with and based on India’s National Accounts Statistics, the paper raises certain issues regarding the measurement of real GVA (gross value added) in (a) the coke and petroleum products industry, (b) the information technology and...

Media articles and scholarly writings in academic journals and books often state that the share of Indian manufacturing in total employment in the economy has been stagnant. This recognized stagnancy in the manufacturing sector’s employment share is interpreted as reflecting a poor performance...

Using Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data, after making appropriate adjustments, we estimate that employment in India’s unorganized or informal manufacturing fell by 2.5 to 7.5 per cent in 2020-21, reflecting the impact of COVID-19. In the previous eight years, the average rate of fall in...

In the period since 2004, employment in India’s organized manufacturing has grown at a relatively fast rate. This trend of rapid employment growth during 2004-2007 has continued in the period following the global financial crisis (GFC), and employment in organized manufacturing has grown at...