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Overview of Manufacturing Industries

The document discusses different types of manufacturing industries. It classifies industries into four categories based on their activities: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. Industries are also classified based on raw materials used, ownership structure, and size. Large scale industries employ many workers and require large investments, while small scale industries previously required less than 1 crore investment but now less than 5 crore. Location of industries is influenced by geographic and human-made factors like resources, transportation and infrastructure. Iron and steel is considered the backbone of modern industry as it supplies materials to other industries. Major iron and steel plants are located in India. The textile industry is one of the oldest and is classified based on raw materials like cotton

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Overview of Manufacturing Industries

The document discusses different types of manufacturing industries. It classifies industries into four categories based on their activities: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. Industries are also classified based on raw materials used, ownership structure, and size. Large scale industries employ many workers and require large investments, while small scale industries previously required less than 1 crore investment but now less than 5 crore. Location of industries is influenced by geographic and human-made factors like resources, transportation and infrastructure. Iron and steel is considered the backbone of modern industry as it supplies materials to other industries. Major iron and steel plants are located in India. The textile industry is one of the oldest and is classified based on raw materials like cotton

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MANUFACTURING

INDUSTRIES
What is an industry?

 Industry is an economic or commercial


activity.

 Results in the manufacture of goods both from


minerals & agricultural products.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
Classified into four categories:

Primary Activities

Secondary Activities

Tertiary Activities

Quaternary Activities
CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES
Classified into three major groups:

1. On the basis of Raw Materials

2. On the basis of Ownership

3. On the basis of Size


1. On the basis of Raw Materials

Agro-based Animal-based
Industries Industries

Forest-based Marine-based Mineral-based


Industries Industries Industries
2. On the basis of Ownership

Public Sector Owned & maintained by the Govt .or its


Industries agencies

Private Sector Owned by private individuals or groups


Industries for profit & according to their wish.

Owned by producers of various


Cooperative Sector consumer’s products like milk, rice &
Industries flour mills etc.

Jointly owned by govt. & private


Joint Sector cooperate sector for better results &
Industries efficiency.
On the basis of Size

Large Scale
Industries

Medium
Scale
Industries

Small Scale
Industries
Large Scale Industries:
1. Employ large number of labour.
2. Huge investment is involved.
3. Can be found in private, public & cooperative
sector.
4. Example: Tata iron & steel company.

Medium Scale Industries:


1. Moderate no. of labour & investment is
involved.

Small Scale Industries:


1. Earlier an investment of 1 crore wasthe criteria for
a SSI but today it has increased to 5 crore.
Example: machine parts, fans, bicycles etc.
Factors Affecting Industrial Location

Geographic Factors
• Include: Relief, climate, water, geographic resources.
• Example:

Human made Factors

• Non-geographic factors.
• Includes availability of electricity, transport, communication,
banking, labour etc.
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY

Considered as backbone of the modern


industry

Supplies basic raw material to


manufacturing industries.

Example: automobiles industry, ship


building, aircraft building industry,
machinery for all other industries.
Use of Steel & Iron in India
 The first Iron & Steel Industry was set up by Jamshedji
Tata in 1882.

 India has made considerable progress in this sector.

 Major Iron & Steel plants in India are located at:

1. Durgapur, Hirapur ( W. Bengal)


2. Jamshedpur,Bokaro ( Jharkhand)
3. Bhilai ( Chattisgarh)
4. Rourkela ( orissa)
5. Vishakapatnam ( Andhra Pradesh)
6. Salem ( Tamil Nadu)
7. Bhadravati ( Karnataka)
Textile Industry
 The oldest industry in the world.

 Cotton clothes first time used by Indus Valley


Civilization(5500 years ago)

 During the Industrial revolution in England,


machines were developed to do the work
which were done by human beings like
ginning, weaving, spinning etc.
classified into:
• Cotton textiles, silk textiles, woollen industry is
textiles, jute & synthetic textiles. material, textile
• etc. Based on the raw
Fibres
• Cotton, silk, wool, jute, asbestos,silica
• Nylon, polyester, acrylic, rayon
Man-made
• Source: both plants & chemicals Natural Fibres
• Natural fibres
of Fibres
• Man-made Fibres
Two main types
Cotton Textile Industry
 Cotton industry is closely linked to the old civilizations like
Indus valley civilization & Industrial revolution in England.

 Handlooms were converted into powerlooms, resulting in


mass production of textiles.

 Major producers of cotton textiles:


China, India & Japan.

Major cotton industries are located at:


1. Mumbai, Nagpur ( Maharashtra)
2. Ahmadabad, Surat( Gujarat)
3. Kanpur, Lucknow ( U.P)
4. Bhopal, Indore ( Madhya Pradesh)
5. Coimbatore ( Tamil Nadu)
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