• Ujjwala singh

The slow growth of Indian manufacturing is a concern for many observers of the Indian economy, and India’s manufacturers have long performed below their potential. Although the country’s manufacturing exports are growing, its manufacturing sector generates just 16% of India’s GDP, much less than the 55% from services. The formal sector has been able to accommodate only a small proportion of the increase in the labour-force in these countries over a period of time and the major brunt has to be borne by its counterpart. A great majority of people in the developing nations are under the line of poverty. They are deprived of adequate access to the basic needs of life such health, education, housing, food, security, employment, justice and equality. Informal sector provides the means of livelihood to millions of people around the world, particularly in the developing countries. Informal sector is an important but controversial part of the economy. Informal sector employment is a necessary survival strategy in countries which do not have social safety nets such as unemployment insurance or where wages and pensions are low. As per the recent Census of India 2011, urban population of India constitutes about 37.7% of the overall population with a decadal increase of 9.1% as compared to 27.81% in 2001. It has been estimated that about 90 per cent of the labour-force in the country is engaged in various informal sector activities, such as manufacturing and repair services, trade, transport, construction, etc., for their sustenance. This paper is going to deal with employment and productivity in informal manufacturing sector in India.

Employment, Productivity, Informal sector, Manufacturing, GDP, Wage.

"EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE INFORMAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.462-466, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906357.pdf

"EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE INFORMAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp462-466, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906357.pdf