Industries in India

Industries in India
Introduction

In past, human desires and necessities were very limited. The basic needs were food, clothes and shelter. With the passage of time, these desires and basic necessities began to increase. In the present age, human desires are countless. Every person desires for the best. For example, if one desired to get a bicycle and he got one, he would start thinking of having a motorbike and then a luxury car. To fulfill these unlimited desires, man has limited resources. Its guides us how to choose necessities when the resources are limited.

 The nature meets our needs through plants and minerals. We cannot use all natural products in their natural form. We have to process or refine them before use; for example, we have to process cotton to make it into doth, sugarcane to make sugar, tomato to make sauce, or rubber to make tyres. The work of processing is done in industries, where different types of machines are used.

Industries in India

Goods and Services Goods

Goods means such things which we can see, touch and use in our daily life. Example : fruit, dress, car, house and chair etc.

Industries in India

On the basis of raw material used, industries can be of two types

Industries in India

On the basis of size, capital and number of workers, industries can be classified into three types:

Industries in India

Industrial Development in India

India is emerging as a large industrial power. We are competing with the most industrialised nations of the world. We are already the sixth largest economic power.

Many of Indian products are popular all over the world, such as electronic goods, textiles, handicrafts etc.

Some of the important industries in India are as follows

In addition to the above, there are many other industries in our country, such as paper industry, cement industry, tool and machine industry, leather industry, glass industry. pharmaceuticals industry, railway yards, shipyards and more.