India’s manufacturing sector could generate more jobs by embracing the rising trend of servicification and integrating services into firms’ production, sale, and export processes, according to a new working paper by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP).
Servicification has a positive correlation with employment across a range of sectors, especially textiles, electronics, rubber, plastics and machinery, the paper, ‘Servicification of Manufacturing: India’s Potential and Policy Priorities’, stated.
Services like construction, transport, and distribution play a significant role in supporting job creation in the manufacturing sector, the paper, based on empirical estimates, concluded.
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