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Manufacturing Industries

Uttarakhand Board · Class 10 · Social Science

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Understanding Manufacturing

  • Manufacturing is the production of goods in large quantities by processing raw materials into more valuable products
  • Examples: Paper from wood, sugar from sugarcane, iron and steel from iron ore, aluminium from bauxite
  • Manufacturing falls under secondary sector activities
2

Importance of Manufacturing

  • Modernizes agriculture by providing machinery, fertilizers, and tools
  • Reduces dependence on agricultural income by creating jobs in secondary and tertiary sectors
  • Industrial development helps eradicate unemployment and poverty
3

Classification of Industries

  • Based on source of raw materials: Agro-based (cotton, jute, sugar) and Mineral-based (iron-steel, cement, aluminium)
  • Based on main role: Basic industries (supply raw materials to other industries) and Consumer industries (produce goods for direct use)
  • Based on capital investment: Small scale (up to Rs. 1 crore investment) and Large scale industries
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Agro-based Industries

  • Cotton Textiles: First mill in Mumbai (1854), concentrated in Maharashtra and Gujarat initially, provides employment to farmers and workers, spinning centralized but weaving decentralized, handspun kh
  • Jute Textiles: India largest producer of raw jute, most mills in West Bengal along Hugli river, first mill at Rishra (1855), after 1947 mills in India but raw material areas went to Bangladesh
  • Sugar Industry: India second in world sugar production, first in gur and khandsari, mills located near sugarcane areas, 60% mills in UP and Bihar, seasonal nature suited to cooperative sector, trend o

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Manufacturing is the production of goodsIndustries are classified based onIndustries using agricultural raw materials includingIndustries using minerals as raw materialsIndustries locate based on proximity

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