Tag: manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based

• National Aviation Company limited is a merger of Air India and Indian Airlines. This was merged according companies act 1956, in the year 2007 on 27^th August.
  
• Under completion of merger now exists only one primary airline called Air India providing regional and low cost point to point services.
  

• Diesel locomotive works is located in Varanasi which produces diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. This company was founded in 1961. It was founded by Indian Railways.
  
• Besides the Indian Railways, it regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mali.
  

The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi, India, is a production unit owned by Indian Railways, that manufactures diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. it was founded in 1961.

• Heavy electrical equipments in India are manufactured by BHEL. BHEL stands for Bharat heavy electrical limited. It is owned by government of India. The company is based in New Delhi and is established in the year 1964.
  
• It has been granted the prestigious Maharatna status in 2013 for its outstanding performance.
  
• BHEL is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, testing, and servicing of a wide range of products and services for the core sectors of the economy, like power, transmission, industry, transportation, renewable energy and defence.
  

• Among the given options in India, locomotive manufacturing plant is located in Varanasi. Diesel locomotive works is located in Varanasi which produces diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. This company was founded in 1961. It was founded by Indian Railways.
  
• Besides the Indian Railways, it regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Mali.
  

• A state enterprise in India is called a public sector enterprise. It should be owned by central or state or both the governments. To be a public sector enterprise majority of the stocks should be owned by government.
  
• The enterprises like BHEL, GAIL, SAIL fall under public sector enterprise.
  

• Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd Air services, provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its offshore operations. 
  
• It provides its facilities to operate in inaccessible areas and difficult areas like north eastern states, interior parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand. 
  

Mining of copper and zinc was de-reserved in 1993 according to national mining policy.

This was done to attract private investors in mine exploration.

This was amended several times to provide reasonable concession to attract the private sector investment 

National industrial policy was adopted by the government in April 1956 the main objective of this policy was to establish socialist pattern of society.

Among the given options namely development of heavy and machine making industries and expansion of public sector were included in the policy.

The automobile industry in India is the tenth largest in the world with an annual production of approximately 2 million units. After independence, the Government of India and the private sector launched efforts to create an automotive-component manufacturing industry to supply to the automobile industry.