SSC CGL Study Materials - Industries

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• Agro - based Industries : Textile, Tobacco, leather, Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Natural Rubber
• Mineral - based Industries : Iron-Steel, oil -refinery, Cement, Fertilisers, Petro-Chemicals
• Forest-based Industries : Paper, Gum, Match, Plywood, Honey
• The first Cotton Mill : Near Kolkata (1818)
• The real beginning of Cotton Mill : Mumbai (1854) -  The Bombay Spinning Mill
• The largest Producer of Jute products in the world : India
• It has large number of Post offices in the world : India 
• Holds monopoly in silk production : Karnataka
• The first Cement Factory : at Chennai in 1904 
• It has the largest number of Sugar Factories in India : Maharashtra (195)
• The biggest Oil Refinery in India : Mathura
• Oil refineries in India : 18 (17 are in public sector, Assom Oil company is in private sector)

IRON and STEEL Industries :

• Tata Iron and Steel company : 1907 at Jamshedpur
• The Indian Iron and Steel Company : 1918 in West Bengal
• The Visveswarayya Iron and Steel Ltd : 1923 at Bhadravati
• The Rourkela steel plant : 1959 in Orissa (Germany)
• The Bhilai Steel Plant : 1959 in Madhya Pradesh (Soviet Union)
• The Durgapur Steel Plant : 1959 in West Bengal (Britain or England)
• The Bokaro Steel Plant : 1964 in Bihar (Soviet Union)

SHIPYARDS :

• Hindustan Shipyard : Visakhapatnam
• Garden Reach Shipyard : Kolkata
• Mazagaon Dockyard : Mumbai
• Cochin Shipyard : Cochin

Industries - Classification :

•  Agro Based Industries : 
• Sugar Industry : Uttar Pradesh
• Textile Industry :
• Cotton Textile : Maharashtra, Gujarat
• Jute Textiles : West Bengal
• Woolen Textiles : Dhariwal, Amritsar
• Silk Textiles : Karnataka
• Synthetic Textiles : Mumbai, Delhi
• Mineral Based Industries : 
• Iron and Steel :
• Tisko : Jumshedpur (1907)
• Bhilai : Chattisgarh (1959 Soviet Union)
• Durgapur : West Bengal (1959 - England)
• Bokaro : Jharkhand (1964 - Soviet Union)
• Visakhapatnam (Public Sector)
• Cement Industry :
• First Cement Factory : Chennai (1904)
• Ship Building Industry :
• Hindustan Shipyard (Visakhapatnam)
• Garden Reach (Kolkata)
• Cochi Shipyard (Cochin)
• Mazagaon Dock (Mumbai)
• Oil Refining Industry :
• Jamnagar (Biggest Oil Refinery)
• Mathura 
• Digboi
• Trombay
• Visakhapatnam
• Nunmati
• Barauni
• Koyali
• Chennai
• Cochin
• Haldia
• Bongaigaon
• Forest - Based industries :
• Paper Industry : West Bengal
• Match Industry
• Timber Industry
• Lac Industry
• Sports Goods Industry

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