Since the 1980s, there has been increasing informalization of industrial labour in India. It has taken two forms: rising share of the unorganized sector in manufacturing employment and informalization of the organized manufacturing sector itself through subcontracting and use of temporary and...

There was a distinct downward trend in energy intensity in Indian manufacturing in the period since 1992. Such a trend is found for aggregate manufacturing and for each of the five two-digit energy intensive industries studied. Based on results of the econometric analysis undertaken, using a...

Purpose Since the announcement of the new series of national accounts for India (with base 2011-12) in January 2015, there has been endless controversy over the new gross domestic product (GDP) growth numbers, particularly in respect of growth of Indian manufacturing. The purpose of this paper...