State-wise MSME Investments Across India, 1972 to 2006

Total investment in MSMEs across India reached Rs. 6.9 lakh crore in 2006, up from just Rs. 1,055 crore in 1972, a 654-fold rise over three decades. Much of this growth is nominal, reflecting both real expansion and decades of inflation, but it also captures the gradual formalisation of…