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Manufacturing Industries in India - I: Agro-based

ICSE · Class 10 · Geography

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1. Meaning, Need, and Location of Industries

  • Manufacturing means changing natural resources into finished products.
  • Industrial development is a major sign of economic growth.
  • India needs rapid industrialization because of its large population, unemployment, need for technology, self-sufficiency, national security, and trade balance.
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2. Cotton Textile Industry

  • Cotton textile industry is one of the most important agro-based industries in India.
  • Mumbai is the most important cotton textile centre of Maharashtra.
  • Mumbai has a favourable location because of black cotton soil in the hinterland, humid coastal climate, cheap hydroelectric power from the Tata hydroelectric grid, port facilities, labour supply, tran
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3. Silk Industry and Sericulture

  • India produces all four varieties of silk: mulberry, tassar, eri, and muga.
  • The art of rearing silkworms for silk production is called sericulture.
  • Sericulture has two sectors: mulberry and non-mulberry.
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4. Sugar Industry

  • The modern sugar industry began in the middle of the 19th century and was first introduced by the Dutch in north Bihar in 1840.
  • Sugar industry is the second largest agro-based industry after cotton in the world.
  • Sugarcane is the main raw material of the sugar industry.

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Manufacturing means changing natural resources intoThese are industries that use agriculturalIndustries depend on raw materialsCotton textile is one of India’sSericulture is the art of rearing

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