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Manufacturing Industries
Name the two sectors of the cottage textile industries. How are they different?
Cotton textile industry in India can be divided into two sectors :
(i) the organised sector and
(ii) the decentralised sector.
The decentralised sector includes cloth produced in handlooms (including Khadi) and powerlooms. The production of the organised sector has drastically fallen from 81 per cent in the mid-twentieth century to only about 6 per cent in 2000. At present, the powerlooms on the decentralised sector produce more than 59 per cent and the handloom sector produces about 19 per cent of all cotton cloth produced in the country.
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What is the major impact of Information Technology (IT) revolution in India?
How did the Swadeshi movement give a major impetus to the cotton textiles industry?
What do you understand by liberalization, privatization and globalization? How have they helped industrial development in India?
State any three features of industrial development in India before independence.
Discuss market as a raw material for the location of Industries with examples.
Name the industries classified on the basis of raw material with example.
Name the important iron and steel plants of India.
Explain why are the iron and steel plants located near the source of raw materials in India.
State any three factors responsible for the development of iron and steel industry in Eastern India.
Study the diagram given below and answer the following questions:
(i) Name the state in which this steel plant is located.
(ii) Mention any one source each of coal and iron-ore for this plant.
(iii) State the source of limestone for this plant.
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