Question

Describe briefly the classification of industries on the basis of raw material

Answer 1

manufacturing industries can be broadly classified into two categories on the basis of the raw material they use
1) Heavy industries use heavy and bulky goods like iron and steel industries.
2)Light industries that use light raw materials and produce light weight goods such as electrical industry.

Answer 2

Explanation:

On the basis of sources of raw material industries are classified as: Agro based: Agro based industries draw their raw materials from agricultural products. For example, Textiles, Sugar, Coffee, Tea and Edible Oil, etc. Mineral based: Mineral based draw their raw material from minerals