Subject(s): Small business -- Manpower policy -- Rural India -- Labor supply -- Policies -- Rural India conditions -- India in Economic conditions in 1947- -- Employment in India,Rural non-farm sector, Sub-sectoral analysis -- Rural non-farm sector according to aggregate data : RNFS employment, Female employment, Child labour and educational levels in the RNFS, income, Enterprises , Inter-state comparisons -- Sub-sectors in the rural non-farm sector : Competitive vs comparative advantage , Leather sub-sector, Food processing, Other primary processing, Traditional manufacturing, Modern manufacturing, services, technology, Factor conditions and supporting industries,size and structure of firm -- Regulatory policies and agencies -- Promotional policies and agencies: Rural industries projects, Promotion of traditional rural industries, Technology development, training and technology institute, Promotional polices and their agencies, Promotional strategies -- Rural credit polices and agencies: Rural financial sector, Rural credit and non-farm sector, Aggregate data on rural credit to RNFS, Informal sector credit, Alternative and innovative financial agencies -- Organisation and representation of producers: Trade unions, Small scale industry associations, cooperative societies, Role of NGOs in catalysing producer associations, political analysis of the representation and organization of producers -- Rural non-farm sector in the future : potential for growth of rural non-farm employment, Economic growth , rural livelihoods and income, projections for rural employment growth, Role of government, Preconditions for a dynamic RNFS: agriculture and infrastructure