A Comparative Assessment of the Inter-Sectoral Linkages in India

Author(s): Dr. Geet and Dr. Deepak Adhana

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to provide the comparative assessment for the identification of key industries in the Indian economy generating the backward as well as the forward linkages effects catering both the demand side and the supply side of the economy as a whole for the recent period of 2017 and 2018 using the input-output analysis by employing the Asian Development Bank Input-Output Database (2018 and 2020).The methodology utilizes the Leontief as well as the Ghoshian matrix and analyze the dataset for thirty five industries from the primary, secondary as well as the tertiary sector. The findings of the study support the decision of the government putting a thrust upon the secondary sector and in particular to the manufacturing industry by set of policy initiatives invigorating the same in the recent years as it constitute high linkage coefficients.

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