10th Class Social Science Manufacturing Industries Question Bank Short Answer Type - Manufacturing Industries

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    Explain three facts about the development of Sugar industry in India.

    Answer:

    Four facts about the development of Sugar Industry in India are:
    (i) India stands first in the world in the production of gur and Khandsari and second in the production of sugar.
    (ii) The raw material sugar cane is heavy, weight losing and perishable one, hence the sugar industry must confine to sugar cane growing areas to get maximum productivity.
    (iii) Sixty per cent of sugar mills are confined to Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
    (iv) It is a seasonal industry well suited to cooperative sector of late sugar mills are shifting towards the southern states.


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