Growth of Indian Economy, 1950-51 to 1959-60-Contribution of Employment and Productivity

Contribution of Employment and Productivity Sudhin Kumar Mukhopadhyay An attempt is made in this note to study the pattern of growth of sectoral output and employment in India during the first two Plan periods with a view to (i) examining how far the deviations in the pattern of growth can be explained with reference to changes in technology as revealed in changing labour inputs; (ii) measuring the effects of changing employment and productivity on overall growth; and, (iii) indicating the sectors which have experienced relatively greater or lesser modernisation.