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Manufacturing Industries in India - II: Mineral-based

ICSE · Class 10 · Geography

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1. Iron and Steel Industry

  • Iron and steel industry is called the basic industry because other industries depend on it.
  • It forms the backbone of the industrial economy.
  • It is needed for automobiles, locomotives, rail tracks, shipbuilding, machine tools and defence equipment.
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2. Major Iron and Steel Plants in India

  • Tata Steel Company is the oldest and largest private-sector steel industry of India.
  • The company changed its name from TISCO to Tata Steel in 2005.
  • It was established in 1907 by Jamshedji Tata at Sakchi in Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
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3. Location Factors and Plant-Wise Raw Materials

  • Tata Steel gets iron ore from Noamundi mines of Singhbhum in Jharkhand and Mayurbhanj in Odisha.
  • Tata Steel gets coal from Jharia coalfields.
  • River Subarnarekha and Kharkai storage dam provide water for Tata Steel.
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4. Electronic Industry, Software and Space Centres

  • Bengaluru is called the Silicon Valley of India due to the large number of information technology companies located there.
  • Bengaluru IT industry is divided into two main clusters: electronic city and white field.
  • White Field's International Tech Park Bengaluru was a joint venture between India and Singapore.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Mineral-based manufacturing industries in India

Iron and steel industryTata Steel CompanyBhilai Steel PlantRourkela Steel PlantVisakhapatnam Steel PlantMini steel plantsIndustrial location factorsProblems of iron and steel industry

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