Question

Industry is the basic industry since all the other industries
heavy, medium and light, depend on it for machinery.​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Iron and steel industry is called the basic industry due to following reasons:

All industries whether heavy, medium or light depend on it for the machinery. Thus, it provides base to the other industries.

Steel is required for manufacturing variety of engineering, construction and defence goods. Verious ship building industries, aircrafts, transport equipments etc require steel which is a finished product of the irona dn steel industry.

Day to day consumer goods like containers, safety pins etc. are made up of steel.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The iron and steel Industry is the basic industry since all the other industries — heavy, medium and light, depend on it for their machinery. Steel is needed to manufacture a variety of engineering goods, construction material, defence, medical, telephonic, scientific equipment and a variety of consumer goods.

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