Secondary Economic Activity

Raw materials → Orissa

Coal , N and E, growth of a wide range of industry that rely on coal, example steel iron and fertiliser (Jharkland, West Bengal), surrounding coal mines

Raw materials → Iron ore deposites

Given Rise to iron and steel production, example TATA PLANT IN JAMSHEDPUR in orissa, located close to coal and iron deposites

Raw materials → Copper

Copper at Khetri, western state of rajasthan, supper copper smelting that supplies copper to engineering,

Raw materials → Sugar Cane

weight losing crop so close to producing regions. For example Maharashtra

Raw materials → Cotton

Produced in many regions across India, proximity to market important , Mumbai important

Raw materials → Jute

West Bengal, supplies raw material to many mills, industry in kolkata due to immigrant labour pool in Indian states and Bangladesh

Infrastruktur → Transport infrastructure

When production close to manufacturing important to keep distribution costs low, where has, we Himalayas, production kept to small village level production

Low level areas good for infrastructure, important role in the manufacturing industry in the Ganges plain

Infrastruktur → British rule

During British rule they established tgere main ports in Mumbai, kolkata, and MADRAS MADRAS , these nodal cities major manufacturing and export centres

Infrastruktur → Railways

Also constructed under British rule, designed to get raw material to ports and back to GB to factories where they were processed . Then exported back to India for sale , British contribution to early industrial development was little

Infrastruktur →