Question

on what basis is the cotton textile industry localized?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The localisation of the cotton textile industry is mainly affected by the availability of raw material, proximity of market, capital facility, port facility and cheap and skilled labour. In early days the cotton growing tracts of the Peninsula and Great Plains together with capital and port facilities helped in the concentration of cotton mills in Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Coimbatore, Solapur, Nagpur and Indore. But with the development of modern means of transport and communication an apparent shift was noticed to­wards centers of consumption (market), capital and textile industries Karnataka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

These areas include die Kliandesh region, Gujarat, die Ganga plain and east coastal region of south India. The three southern states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu to­gether account for 60 per cent of total mills, 67.41 per cent of the total spindles, and 72.4 per cent of total looms of the country.

These produce 74.69 per cent of cotton cloth and 40.35 per cent of cotton yarns in the country. Outside these states Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh are odier three states which together contribute 14.67 per cent of spindles, 17.30 per cent of looms, 7.22 per cent of yarns and 8.68 per of mill-made cloths in die country.