Export Performance of India’s Small-Scale Manufacturing Industries under Globalization

By : Uma Sankaran

Page No: 149-158

Abstract
India is one of the developing countries that has undertaken a series of institutional interventions towards developing a vibrant Small Scale Industries (SSI) sector. However, the business environment has changed drastically since 1990s, with the initiation of marketoriented reforms that led to intense competition resulting in the removal of protective barriers for the SSIs. Under the new environment of heightened competition, the SSIs sustainability in terms of production, exports and employment depends upon their competitiveness. This paper examines the international competitiveness of India’s SSI manufacturing sector through an exploratory analysis of its export performance under globalization.

Author :
Uma Sankaran : Doctoral Scholar at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum