01467nam a22001337a 4500 533260 533260 260505b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Shekhar, Meenakshi and Halder, Twincle 60382 INDIA’s industrial archipelago : Uneven manufacturing growth in a services-led economy Economic & Political Weekly 61(16), Apr 18, 2026: p.74-79 India’s economic structure reflects a persistent paradox: 46% of the workforce remains engaged in agriculture, which contributes about 9% to gross value added, while services account for around 55% of output, with less than 30% of the workforce. This asymmetry points to deeper structural imbalances in the process of transformation. The pattern is further marked by significant interstate variation, where some states have experienced relatively stronger industrial growth supported by policy interventions, while others exhibit tendencies of premature deindustrialisation. From the development of planned industrial estates in Uttarakhand to the persistence of a services-led structure in the north-eastern states, India’s structural transformation has diverged from conventional trajectories. This pattern underscores the centrality of policy in shaping sectoral outcomes, rather than geography alone.-Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/indias-industrial-transformation/indias-industrial-archipelago.html Economic & Political Weekly AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408430 IIPA IIPA 2026-05-05 61(16), Apr 18, 2026: p.74-79 AR138772 2026-05-05 AR