Question

“Iron and steel industry is the basic and heavy industry”. Justify the statement with the

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Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Iron and steel industry is called the basic industry because of the following reasons:-
1.All industries whether heavy, medium or light depend on it for the machinery. Thus, it provides base to the other industries.
2.Steel is required for manufacturing variety of engineering, construction and defence goods. Various ship building industries, aircrafts, transport equipments etc require steel which is a finished product of the irona dn steel industry.
3.Day to day consumer goods like containers, safety pins etc. are made up of steel.
4. All the raw materials, as well as finished goods, are heavy and bulky entailing heavy transportation costs.
Also,
Iron and steel industry is a heavy industry because:-
(i)It provides all types of machinery to run all the other industries.
(ii)Its raw materials and finished products are heavy and bulky in nature. The industry involves heavy transportation costs and usually requires a rail line.