Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management
Year : 2012, Volume : 2, Issue : 3
First page : ( 176) Last page : ( 198)
Online ISSN : 2249-7307.

Agro processing industries in india – an inter state growth analysis

Dr. Khosla Rajiv*, Associate Professor and Head, Dr. Sharma Manoj**, Professor of Economics

* Chandigarh Business School, Gharuan

** University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Online published on 13 March, 2012.

Abstract

Development of an economy is followed by some major structural changes leading to a decrease in the importance of primary sector thereby increasing the importance of non-agricultural sectors. Yesteryears have evidenced the development of agro based industries in this process of progression in the developed nations. Cheap availability of labour, increasing government consideration and abundant availability of raw material throughout the year, imparts competitive advantage to the Indian agro industry In the present study, it is revealed that huge variation exists among the Indian states in the growth of agro based industries as seen from various indicators. It calls for the remedial measures in the low growth states to promote the agro based industries. Similarly, effective steps should be undertaken in the high growth states so that the sustainability of the agro based industries is ensured. The present study aims to find out the growth of agro processing industries from the viewpoint of populace, workers and the investors.

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