Understand the important forms of manufacturing industries.
*Industry refers to an economic activity that deals with the extraction of minerals, production of goods, or provision of services.
*Industrialisation often leads to development and growth of towns and cities (urbanisation).
*Industries can be classified on the basis of size, ownership, or the raw materials they use.
*Some of the world’s largest industries are iron and steel, textiles, and information technology.
*Classifications of industries based on size, raw materials used, and ownership
major industries and their distribution across India; role of infrastructure development
*The iron and steel industry (a comparative study of Jamshedpur and a centre in *The USA, e.g., Detroit)
*The textile industry (Ahmedabad and Osaka)
the IT (information technology) industry (Bangalore and Silicon Valley)