Write a note on manufacturing industry

Summary

1. The process of production of goods in large number by using machines is called manufacturing.
2. The economic strength of a country is measured or judged from the development of manufacturing industries.
3. The share of industries to the GDP has is 17% which goes up to 27% when when the contribution of mining, Quarrying, electricity and gas is included.

The industries are classified into different types on different bases.

• Cotton textile industry provides a living to farmers, cotton boll pluckers & workers and other people involved in ginning

(separation of seeds from the cotton), spinning, weaving, dyeing, designing, tailoring and packing.

• India exports its cotton goods to countries like U.S.A, U.K, Russia, France, East European countries, Nepal, Singapore SriLanka and other African countries.
• India ranks number one in the production of raw jute and second in the export of jute.
• India ranks second in the production of sugar but occupies the first position in the production of gur and khandsari.
• This industry is the basic industry since all the other industries depend on it for their machinery.
• Aluminium smelting is the second important metallurgical industry of India after Iron and Steel industry.
• The Indian fertiliser industry is involved in the production of Nitrogenous and Phosphatic fertilisers.
• Indian chemical industry is the third largest in Asia and 12 largest in the world in terms of its size.
• Cement industry plays an important role in the development of infrastructural facilities like factories, roads, bridges,dams etc
• The major centres of automobile industry are Delhi, Gurgoan, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Hyderabad,Jamshedpur and Bangalore.
• The electronics industry produces a wide range of products like, transistors, televisions, telephones, telephone exchanges,computer, radar etc.
• Rapid industrialisation in India has not only led to the economic development. On the other hand it has increased pollution of land, water, noise and air.
• Economic development should be consistent without degrading the environment.