India's Manufacturing Sector Sunil Mani in association with M Vijaya Bhaskar India has embarked on a path breaking reform of its industrial sector. The paper, based largely on official sources of data, undertakes a detailed analysis of five dimensions of the manufacturing sector: the growth performance of the sector, the degree of domestic competitiveness, foreign investments, and domestic technology development and finally reforms in public sector enterprises. The analysis shows the unstructured, ad hoc and sometimes contradictory nature of the reform process.
