Manufacturing and Services Sector in India

This book deals with growth of total factor productivity, technical progress, technical efficiency and its input based in selected sub-sectors of Indian manufacturing and service sectors across the phases of economic reforms as pursued in India during the 1990s and 2000s. Manufacturing and service industry has been the key drivers for the recent rapid global economic development. Globalization of manufacturing and services sector due to innovative hi-techdesign and labor advantage leads to a drive and thirst for technological advancements and expertise in the fields of advanced design. This development results in many economic benefits & improvement of quality of life for many people along with creating new opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and services sector in the country.In this book, we have included the study on specific industrial sub-sectors such as food &beverage, chemicals, textiles, machinery, transport equipment, metals &metal products, &non-metallic mineral products, in manufacturing sector along with hotel & tourism, recreational, health, wholesale &retail trading, transport, communication, & information technology in services sector. We hope that  the book will be of considerable help to researchers and policy makers alike for the growth and productivity analysis of India’s manufacturing and service sector, viewed in the context of the liberalization, privatization and globalization wave in India.