TY - BOOK AU - Bishnoi, Ashwani. AU - Dash, Ranjan Kumar AU - Garag, Bhavesh TI - Boosting the Labour-intensive Manufacturing in India SN - 00129976 PB - Economic and Political Weekly KW - Indian Economy KW - Labour-Intensive Sectors KW - Underemployment and Inequality KW - Labour-Intensive Manufacturing N2 - Accelerating labour-intensive manufacturing can play a vital role in the structural transformation of the Indian economy, creating decent jobs for a large labour force disguisedly employed in agriculture with negligible marginal productivity. Labour-intensive manufacturing will help India reap the demographic dividend by addressing the problems of underemployment and inequality. A comparative analysis of India’s labour-intensive manufacturing in terms of output, employment, and productivity, among others is provided. The analysis presents potential labour-intensive sectors, factors affecting productivity, policy lessons from successful countries, and offers specific policy prescriptions to accelerate labour-intensive manufacturing in India UR - https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/34/indias-industrial-transformation/boosting-labour-intensive-manufacturing-india.html ER -