5 examples of agricultural industries
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AGRO BASED INDUSTRIES IN INDIA - SHORTCUT
Industries that have agricultural produce as raw materials are known as Agro-based Industries. These are consumer-based industries. Cotton, jute, silk, woollen textiles, sugar and edible oil, etc. industry are based on agricultural raw materials.
PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS OF SUGAR INDUSTRIES - DEFINITION
Sugar industry is India's second largest organised industry next to cotton textiles. India is the second largest producer of sugarcane in the world, after Brazil.
Products and By-Products: Sugarcane is an important cash crop which is crushed in the factories to produce sugar. A fairly large amount is also used to make gur (jaggery) and khandsari. The sugar industry also supplies molasses, bagasse and press mud.
INDIA'S COTTON INDUSTRY - SHORTCUT
India is one of the largest cotton textile manufacturing countries in the world. It is a major industry in India as it directly or indirectly supports more than 40 percent of the country's labour force. This industry is divided into the handloom and powerloom sectors. The most important cotton mills in powerloom are located in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Handloom industry is located in every Indian state, however small it maybe.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUGAR INDUSTRIES IN INDIA - DEFINITION
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar alone account for 70% of the sugar production. So this belt is known as 'sugar bowl of India'. Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the other sugar producing states of India.
INDIA'S MAIN COTTON MANUFACTURING CENTRES - SHORTCUT
Maharashtra and Gujarat are the foremost cotton textile manufacturing states. In these states, Mumbai and Ahmedabad contribute about 50 percent of the total installed looms and nearly half of India's cotton mill cloth. Mumbai is called the 'cottonpolis' of India. It is also known as the Lancashire of India. Ahmedabad, being the second largest cotton manufacturing city in India is referred to as 'Manchester of India
PROBLEMS OF COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY - SHORTCUT
The cotton textile industry suffers from the following problems:
i) Shortage of raw material: We have shortage of raw material, particularly long staple cotton which is imported from Pakistan, Uganda, USA, etc.
ii) Sick industrial units: These sick units require heavy financial investments for replacement and modernisation purposes. Many of these units have been taken over by the government.
iii) Loss of foreign markets: This is because of continued increase in the cost of production and the development of cotton textile industry in a number of Asian countries like China and Japan and African countries.
iv) Inadequate production: This is because of the lack of adequate and unfailing power supply and also because of competition with the decentralised sector.
v) Shortage of power: Supplies of coal are difficult to obtain and frequent cuts in electricity and load shedding affect the industry badly.
vi) Obsolete machinery: In India, over 60 percent of the spindles are more than 30 years old. Obsolete machinery results in low output and poor quality of goods because of which we are not able to face competition in the international market.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUGAR INDUSTRY IN MAHARASHTRA - DEFINITION
Maharashtra is a leading producer of sugar in India, accounting for more than one-third of the total production of sugar in the country. Due to marine impact, the climate is ideal for the cultivation of sugarcane as a result of which the recovery rate of sucrose is higher and the crushing season is longer. The main sugar producing area in Maharashtra is located in a narrow belt extending from Manmad in the north to Kolhapur in the south.
IMPORTANT CENTRES OF SUGAR INDUSTRIES - DEFINITION
Some of the major centres of sugar industry are as follows (statewise):
Uttar Pradesh - Meerut, Bijnor, Saharanpur, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Basti, Gonda
Bihar - Darbhanga, Saran, Champaran and Muzaffarpur
Maharashtra - Nasik, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur
Punjab - Phagwara, Dhuri
Karnataka - Munirabad, Shimoga, Mandya
Tamil Nadu - Nalikupuram, Coimbatore, Puguluru
Andhra Pradesh - Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Chittoor
Odisha - Bargarh, Rayagada
Madhya Pradesh - Sehore
DISTRIBUTION OF COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN MAHARASHTRA - DEFINITION
The most important cotton mills in powerloom are located in Maharashtra. Maharashtra and Gujarat are the foremost cotton textile manufacturing states. Mumbai and Ahmedabad contribute about 50 per cent of the total installed looms and nearly half of India's cotton mill cloth. Mumbai has become the most important centre of cotton textile in the country and is rightly called the 'cottonpolis' of India. It is also known as the 'Lancashire' of India.
Cotton ,silk ,jute ,sugar and woolen
Cotton ,silk ,jute ,sugar and woolen
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