ABSTRACT
Several items which have not been included in Table 11.4 indicate where we have to look if we want to identify dynamic growth: the production of motor cycles, scooters, etc. increased from 447,000 in 1980 to 1.8 million in 1990, and the number of agricultural tractors from 71,000 to 143,000. For machine tools the statistics register money values rather than numbers because this category includes different types of machines. In 1980 the total value of machine tool production stood at 1.7 billion rupees and in 1990 at 7.6 billion rupees. The output of cotton textile machinery showed a similar growth from 3 to 9 billion rupees, and cement machinery progressed from 0.3 to 3 billion rupees. Since these are current prices for the respective years, the rate of inflation has to be taken into consideration, but nevertheless the respective growth rates are very impressive indeed. The massive output of cotton textiles machinery is in striking contrast with the declining production of the cotton textile mills. This shows that the so-called
‘decentralised’ sector, whose production has been growing by leaps and bounds, is by no means restricted to handloom weavers but mainly uses powerlooms and related textile machinery.
