Write a comparisons between the cotton textile mill of Ahmadabad and Osaka?
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Ahmedabad: founder-Ranchoddlal chottalal.
Osaka- takeo yamanobe on the advice of eiichi shibusawa
2) Ahmedabad -water taken from Sabarmati River
Osaka-water taken from Yodo river
3) Ahmedabad -they use hydroelectricity which is cheap
Osaka- they use coal and power resources
4) Ahmedabad -have their own raw material
Osaka-they depend on imported raw materials from USA, India, china, sudan, egypt
5)Ahmedabad-1st mill set up in 1859 and started production on May 30th 1861
Osaka- progress begun after 1877
6)Ahmedabad- skilled and semi-skilled labour force
Osaka- highly skilled and qualified labour force
7)Ahmedabad- their products find a ready internal market
Osaka- they have a good external market in Asia and Africa
8)Ahmedabad-spinning and weaving are done in seperate sections in same industrial unit
Osaka-spinning and weaving are done in seperate industrial units
9)ahm-their mills failed in the beginning due to stiff competition from British machine made goods
osaka- they failed in the beginning due to 2nd world war