Tag: distribution and classification of industries in india

The Heavy Vehicles Factory, which manufactures the Vijayanta tanks, is located in Avadi, near Chennai.

The migration of the sugar industry to southern states is driven by multiple factors, including higher sugar content due to climate, longer crushing seasons, and better irrigation facilities.

There are 7 public sector shipping industries in India. These are:

Biggest commercial centre of south India is Chennai. It is the capital city of south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is known as the biggest cultural, economic and educational centre in South India. It is well developed in banking, health care, power and communication departments

India has the second largest installed capacity of spindles in the world, with 43.13 million spindles (30 March 2011) after China. Although India has a large share in world trade of cotton yarn, its trade in garments is only 4% of the world's total.

The Golden Quadrilateral is a national highway network connecting most of the major industrial, agricultural, and cultural centres of India. A quadrilateral is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, and Mumbai.

• Firozabad is a city in Uttar Pradesh. It is famous for glass bangles. Modern glass bangle manufacturing technology was introduced by "Haji Rustam Ustad". He is called the father of Firozabad glass industry.
  
• Apart from bangles glass from this place is also used to manufacture chandeliers.
  

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Jute industry is an important industry for a country like India, because not only does it earn foreign exchange but also provides substantial employment opportunities in agriculture and industrial sectors. Its first modernized industrial unit was established at Reshra in West Bengal in 1855. There are at present 73 jute mills in India, out of which West Bengal has 59 mills, Bihar 3 mills, U.P 3 mills, Andhra Pradesh 4 mills and Assam, Tripura, Orissa and M.P one each.

The jute industry in the country is traditionally export oriented. India ranks No. 1 in raw jute and jute goods production and No. 2 in export of jute goods in the world.

Most of the jute mills are located in West Bengal, mainly along the banks of Hooghly River, in a narrow belt. The main factors responsible for their location in Hooghly basin are:

1. Proximity of jute producing areas
2. Inexpensive water transport
3. Supported by good network of railways, roadways and waterways to facilitate movement of raw material to the mills
4. Abundant water for processing raw jute
5. Cheap labour from adjoining areas.