MIND

Manufacturing of Industries
Importance of Industries

Provides employment Supports agriculture by buying Increase income and Increases exports of Contribution
to large no. of people raw materials and providing reduces disguised agrobased products to GDP
farm machinery unemployment

Factors Affecting Industrial Location Classification of Industries Miscellaneous Industries

Availability of raw materials
Automobiles IT and electronic industry
Availability of cheap labour, capital
On the Basis of On the Basis of On the Basis On the Basis Manufacture of cars,
Raw Materials Capital Investment of their Role of Ownership Commercial vehicles etc
Availability of transport Types
Availability of markets for finished goods Agro-Based Industries Small-scale industry Basic or key industries
e.g. cotton textile (Investment upto 1 crore) e.g. iron & steel, cement
Ideal location for industry Electronic items Computer hardwares Softwares
Mineral Based Industries Large-scale industry Consumer e.g. television,
e.g. iron & steel (Investment above 1 crore) industries e.g. toys cell phone, radars
Production of Production of
computer goods computer programs
On the basis of weight of raw Bangalore called
Public sector Private sector Joint sector Cooperatives Heavy Industries Light Industries materials & finished goods
e.g. BHEL e.g. TISCO e.g. Oil India Ltd e.g. Amul e.g. iron and steel e.g. electronics electronic capital 46 Software technology parks Employment in
of India (computer goods and programs) in India BPO, (30% women)
Agro Based Industries
Industrial Pollution
Second largest
Textile Industry Sugar Industry
producer of sugar Types
in the world

Cotton Textiles Jute Textiles Largest producer of Challenges

gur and Khandsari
Importance Seasonal nature Air Pollution Water Pollution Thermal Pollution Noise Pollution
of industry
Importance Challenges Importance Challenges
Outdated machinery
Second largest Competition from Causes Causes Causes Causes
Self reliant industry Outdated machinery producer synthetic fibres Industrial fumes like carbon Industrial wastes, lead, mercury, Hot water from factories Noise from industrial
Transport delays due monoxide, smoke, dust in air chemicals discharged into rivers
Increases income Irregular power supply of jute in the world drained into rivers and construction sites
Competition from to bulky raw material
and exports other jute
Competition from Supports agriculture,
Support agriculture synthetic fibres generates income exporting countries Effects Effects Effects Effects
Adverse effect-on human, Water not fit for drinking Destruction of aquatic Hearing loss, irritation
plants, animals, environment and destruction of habitat life in rivers and psychological pressure
Mineral Based Industry
Preventive Preventive measures Preventive measures Preventive measures
Iron and steel Industry measures Treating in sewage Treating hot water and Fitting silencers
Fitting of filters, treatment plants before affluents before and other noise
Types smoke stack disposal into rivers releasing them in rivers. absorbing materials

Large Steel Plants Mini Steel Plants

Use iron-ore, coking coal, limestone, Use sponge iron and steel
manganese to produce steel scrap to make alloy steel

Importance Challenges

Basis of a Provides raw Provides Limited availability Poor Irregular

country’s material to income and of raw materials infrastructures power supply
development other industry employment