Analyse the role of the manufacturing sector in the economic development of India.

• Manufacturing sector is considered the backbone of development in general and economic development

• Manufacturing industries helps in modernising agriculture

• Manufacturing reduces the heavy dependence of people on agricultural income by providing them jobs in secondary and tertiary sectors.

• Industrial development is a precondition for eradication of unemployment and poverty from our country.

• It was also aimed at bringing down regional disparities by establishing industries in tribal and backward areas.

• Export of manufactured goods expands trade and commerce, and brings in much-needed foreign exchange.

• Countries that transform their raw materials into a wide variety of finished goods of higher value are prosperous. India’s prosperity lies in increasing and diversifying its manufacturing industries as quickly as possible.