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How do you view the growth of informal sector in India?

  • UPSC 2022
  • 10 marks
  • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

India has grown rapidly for three decades and stayed overwhelmingly informal. The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises 2025 counts 7.92 crore unincorporated non-agricultural establishments employing 12.81 crore workers — a sector expanding, not withering. How one views that growth depends on which explanation one accepts.

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  • Four readings of the growth
  • Testing them against Indian evidence
  • How I view it
  • Conclusion

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