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Urban Unorganized Sector of North-East India: Dimensions and Growth


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1 Ph.D Scholar, Dept.of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
2 Professor, Department of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, India
 

The unorganized manufacturing sector has been considered as the main engine of growth for manufacturing in India. Given the paucity of studies concerning the urban unorganized manufacturing sector (UUMS) in the North-East India, this paper aims to examine its growth performance along with an overview of composition of its workforce. The data has been obtained from three rounds of NSSO data viz., 62nd, 67th and 73rd round . The UUMS holds a significant position across the North-East, given the substantial no. of enterprises and workforce engaged in the sector. While the growth of enterprises has been led by OAMEs, the establishments have pushed the employment growth. Although, employment of females has seen a less significant position in UUMS, contractual employment has been largely driven by female part time workers. Given its dynamic nature, the UUMS has a greater scope in making valuable contributions for the development of North-East’s economy.

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Unorganized manufacturing, Urban areas, OAMEs, Establishments, North-East India
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Authors

Nilam Adhyapak
Ph.D Scholar, Dept.of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
Bhagirathi Panda
Professor, Department of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, India

Abstract


The unorganized manufacturing sector has been considered as the main engine of growth for manufacturing in India. Given the paucity of studies concerning the urban unorganized manufacturing sector (UUMS) in the North-East India, this paper aims to examine its growth performance along with an overview of composition of its workforce. The data has been obtained from three rounds of NSSO data viz., 62nd, 67th and 73rd round . The UUMS holds a significant position across the North-East, given the substantial no. of enterprises and workforce engaged in the sector. While the growth of enterprises has been led by OAMEs, the establishments have pushed the employment growth. Although, employment of females has seen a less significant position in UUMS, contractual employment has been largely driven by female part time workers. Given its dynamic nature, the UUMS has a greater scope in making valuable contributions for the development of North-East’s economy.

Keywords


Unorganized manufacturing, Urban areas, OAMEs, Establishments, North-East India

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana%2F2023%2Fv19%2Fi1%2F220830