The manufacturing sector of a country is generally considered an engine of growth. In India,
the performance of the manufacturing sector has become a central issue during the post-reform period
that needs to be empirically assessed. The share of employment, output, gross value added and capital
of the industrially developed states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu was high.
Nevertheless, their growth rates were quite low compared to that of the other small states such as
Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.