India, Aug. 9 -- The latest city-level estimates based on ASUSE 2025 provide separate data for 46 million-plus cities, offering a more granular view of how small enterprises are distributed across urban India.

The importance of cities in driving India's growth is well established, with urban centres accounting for close to 60% of the country's GDP. Yet the story of what drives this urban economy has often been easier to tell for organised and registered factories than for the vast network of enterprises operating across manufacturing, trade and services. Through data sets such as the Annual Survey of India, India has long had a structured view of registered factories in the manufacturing sector. Since 2021-22, the Annual Survey of Uninco...