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India's Manufacturing is Broken. There's Only One Way to Fix It, says Rajiv Kumar
In this episode of How India's Economy Works, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with economist and former NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar about why India’s manufacturing sector continues to underperform despite decades of policy attention and repeated attempts to boost industrial growth.
India has long aspired to become a global manufacturing hub, yet manufacturing’s share in GDP has stagnated and labour-intensive sectors such as apparel, leather and food processing have struggled to expand. Drawing on Dr. Kumar’s recent writing and policy experience, the conversation explores why…
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