Distribution of Workforce in Indian Industry: Inter State Variations

Lessons on the progress of Indian economy through the phenomenon of leapfrogging has been in the headlines of economic discussions all through the recent period of time.The paper aims at addressing the sectoral wise classification of workers within industry at the All-India level and the major states of India during 1983-2012.The rise in industrial employment share is almost entirely for construction particularly for the men and women workers of rural India during the post-reform years.However, the employment story is not the same for urban India.We could find significant state level employment variations across the different sub-sectors within the Indian Industry during the pre-and the post-reform years.