Productivity in Indian Manufacturing: Measurements Methods and Analysis

<p>This volume comprehensively captures trends in productivity and its determinants in the post-reform period for Indian manufacturing. It provides an up-to-date survey of different methods employed in measuring productivity and their applications across organized and unorganized sectors, including food, beverages, furniture, gems, chemicals, petroleum and rubber, metals and minerals, paper products, publishing, textiles, etc. The essays examine the uneven impact of economic reforms and growth on the performance of the manufacturing sector. This will be especially useful to students and scholars of economics, business and management, policymakers and governmental agencies, particularly those interested in Indian economy and manufacturing.</p> <p><em>Foreword </em>K.L. Krishna<em>. Acknowledgements</em>.<em> </em><b>1. </b>Introduction <em>Vinish Kathuria, Rajesh Raj</em> <em>S N and Kunal Sen</em>.<em> </em><b>Part 1: Methodology, Analytical</b><em> </em><b>Issues, Data</b><em> </em><b>Quality and Review 2.<em> </em></b>Methods and Issues in Productivity<em> </em>Measurement <em>Vinish Kathuria</em>, <em>Rajesh Raj S N</em> <em>and</em> <em>Kunal Sen </em><b>3.</b><em> </em>Data on<em> </em>Manufacturing Sector: Current<em> </em>Status and Challenges <em>G.C. Manna </em><b>4.</b><em> </em>Productivity in Indian Manufacturing in the Post-reform Period: A Review of Studies <em>Bishwanath Goldar </em><b>5.</b><em> </em>Manufacturing in India: Has<b> </b>There Been a Revival Since<em> </em>the 1990s? <em>Jayan Jose Thomas </em><b>6.</b><em> </em>Productivity in Indian Manufacturing: An Empirical Comparison of the Methodologies <em>Vinish Kathuria</em>, <em>Rajesh Raj S N</em> <em>and Kunal Sen</em><b><em> </em>Part 2: Macro-approach to Productivity Measurement</b> <b>7.</b> Productivity Growth in a Liberalizing Economy: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing <em>Mavannoor Parameswaran </em><b>8.</b><em> </em>A Study of Productivity Growth in the Registered Manufacturing Sector of India: 1980–81 to 2003–04 <em>Arundhati Datta </em><b>9.</b> (In)Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector in India: A Stochastic Frontier Approach <em>Swati Mehta </em><b>10.</b><em> </em>Impact of Trade Policy on Manufacturing Productivity in India:<em> </em>Evidence Using a Non-parametric Approach <em>Arpita Ghose and Paramita Roy Biswas </em><b>11.</b><em> </em>Productivity, Technical Progress and Scale Efficiency in Indian<em> </em>Manufacturing: New Evidence Using a Non-parametric Approach <em>Valarmathi Pradeep</em>, <em>Anup K. Bhandari</em>, <em>Mita Bhattacharya</em>, <em>Jong-Rong Chen</em> <em>and Chih-Hai Yang </em><b>Part 3: Regional and Micro-approach to</b><em> </em><b>Productivity Measurement 12.</b><em> </em>Catching Up or Sliding Down? Reforms and Regional<em> </em>Manufacturing Productivity in India <em>Suresh</em> <em>Babu M.</em> <em>and Rajesh Raj S N </em><b>13.</b><em> </em>Productivity, Efficiency and Capacity Utilization in Jute Industry in India: A Non-parametric Frontier Analysis <em>Panchanan Das </em><b>Part 4: The Way Forward 14.<em> </em></b>Economic Reforms and<em> </em>Manufacturing Performance: Looking Ahead — A Panel Discussion <em>Purnima Purohit</em>.<em> About the Editors</em>.<em> Notes on Contributors</em>.<em> Index</em></p>