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Quick recap: industry and transport in India on one page

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All four parts condensed for quick revision: location of industry and the major industries; industrial regions and corridors; roads and railways; and water, air and pipeline transport.

Each idea is explained first in Telugu (తెలుగు), ending with the English and Hindi exam terms, followed by the same point in exam English. UPSC Prelims is in English or Hindi, so understand it in Telugu and revise it in English.

ఈ అధ్యాయం ముడిసరకు నుంచి మార్కెట్ వరకు ప్రయాణం: భాగం 1 కర్మాగారాలు ఎక్కడ, ఎందుకు; భాగం 2 పారిశ్రామిక ప్రాంతాలు, కారిడార్లు; భాగం 3 రోడ్లు, రైళ్లు; భాగం 4 రేవులు, జలమార్గాలు, విమానాలు, పైపులైన్లు. ప్రశ్నలు ఎక్కువగా 'ఏది ఎక్కడ', 'ఏ చట్టం', 'ఏ సంవత్సరం' అనే మూడు రకాలు. (→ English: industry; transport · हिन्दी: उद्योग; परिवहन)

In exam EnglishThis chapter follows goods from the raw material to the market. Part 1 explains why factories stand where they do and where the major industries are; Part 2 shows how factories cluster into industrial regions and planned corridors; Part 3 covers roads and railways; Part 4 covers ports, inland waterways, air transport and pipelines and asks how transport shapes development. Prelims questions come mostly from three places: which industry or port is found where and why, which law, List entry or body governs a mode, and the first, the longest and the year of a plant, project or scheme.
The chapter at a glance
PartCore contentMost-tested facts
1. Location of industry and the major industriesLocation factors, Weber, footloose industry; iron and steel, cotton, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, autos, ITWeber 1909; TISCO 1907 private; Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur public; Visakhapatnam first coastal plant; Bombay mill 1854; Sindri 1951
2. Industrial regions and corridorsEight major regions and their bases; corridors and NICDC; EPZs and SEZs; industry and pollutionChota Nagpur = coal and ore; Hugli = jute; DMIC along the Western DFC; Kandla EPZ 1965; Bhopal 1984 and the 1986 Act
3. Roads and railwaysRoad classes and List entries; NHDP, Bharatmala, BRO, PMGSY; railway history, gauges, Konkan, DFCs, high-speed railNH = Union List 23; NH Act 1956, NHAI 1988; NS–EW cross at Jhansi; first train 16 April 1853; Unigauge 1992
4. Water, air and pipeline transportMajor and other ports; ports of each coast; Sagarmala, Vadhavan; national waterways; AAI, UDAN; pipelines; Gati ShaktiMajor ports Union List 27, others Concurrent 31; MPA Act 2021; IWAI 1986; NW Act 2016 (111); AAI 1995; UDAN 2016; Gati Shakti 2021

కర్మాగారం మొత్తం ఖర్చు తక్కువయ్యే చోట పెడతారు. బరువు తగ్గే ముడిసరకు (ఇనుప ఖనిజం, బొగ్గు, చెరకు) ఉంటే గనుల దగ్గర; బరువు పెరిగే లేదా పగిలే వస్తువు అయితే మార్కెట్ దగ్గర; ఐటీ లాంటి స్థాన బంధం లేని పరిశ్రమ ఎక్కడైనా. ఉక్కు చోటానాగ్‌పూర్‌లో; జంషెడ్‌పూర్ టాటా (1907) ప్రైవేటు, భిలాయ్, రూర్కెలా, దుర్గాపూర్ ప్రభుత్వం; మన విశాఖ తీరంలో మొదటి ఉక్కు కర్మాగారం. (→ English: footloose industry · हिन्दी: स्वच्छंद उद्योग)

In exam EnglishPart 1. Industry locates where the total cost of raw materials, power, labour, transport and reaching the market is lowest, the idea behind Weber's least-cost theory (1909). Weight-losing raw materials such as iron ore, coal and cane pull plants to the source; weight-gaining or fragile goods pull them to the market; a footloose industry such as IT can settle almost anywhere. Iron and steel crowd the Chota Nagpur belt: TISCO at Jamshedpur (1907) was private, while Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur were public sector plants of the Second Plan, and Visakhapatnam became the first coastal integrated plant. Cotton textiles began successfully in Bombay (1854) and spread from the Mumbai–Ahmedabad base; cement follows limestone, aluminium needs bauxite and cheap power, and fertiliser plants followed Sindri (1951) and later the gas pipelines.

పారిశ్రామిక ప్రాంతం అంటే ఒకదానికొకటి ఆధారపడే కర్మాగారాలు, కార్మికులు, సేవలు ఉన్న ఒక బెల్టు. ముంబై-పుణె పత్తి, రేవు మీద; హుగ్లీ బెల్టు జనపనార, నది మీద; చోటానాగ్‌పూర్ బొగ్గు, ఇనుము మీద; దిల్లీ చుట్టూ ఉన్నది రాజధాని మార్కెట్ మీద. ఇప్పుడు పారిశ్రామిక కారిడార్ అంటే రైలు సరకు దారి పక్కనే ప్లాన్ చేసిన పారిశ్రామిక పట్టణాలు. కాండ్లా (1965) ఆసియాలో మొదటి ఎగుమతి జోన్. (→ English: industrial region; industrial corridor · हिन्दी: औद्योगिक प्रदेश; औद्योगिक गलियारा)

In exam EnglishPart 2. An industrial region is a belt of linked factories, workers and services; eight major ones are usually named. In the west, Mumbai–Pune grew on cotton, the port and hydel power, and Gujarat on cotton and then oil; in the east, the Hugli belt grew on jute, the river and Kolkata port, and Chota Nagpur on coal and iron ore. The southern regions have no big coalfield and leaned on hydel power, ports and skills, while Gurugram–Delhi–Meerut grew on the capital's market. Planned industrial corridors now lay industrial nodes along transport spines: the Delhi–Mumbai corridor follows the Western dedicated freight corridor and the Amritsar–Kolkata corridor the Eastern one, all overseen by NICDC. Kandla (1965) was Asia's first export processing zone, and the Bhopal gas disaster (1984) led to the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

జాతీయ రహదారి కేంద్రం చేతిలో (కేంద్ర జాబితా 23, 1956 చట్టం, 1988లో NHAI); మిగతా రోడ్లు రాష్ట్రాల చేతిలో (రాష్ట్ర జాబితా 13). స్వర్ణ చతుర్భుజి నాలుగు మహానగరాలను చుట్టుతుంది, ఉత్తర-దక్షిణ, తూర్పు-పడమర దారులు ఝాన్సీలో కలుస్తాయి. గ్రామ సడక్ యోజన (2000) పల్లెలకు రోడ్లు. మొదటి రైలు 1853లో బోరీ బందర్-థానే; యూనిగేజ్ (1992) అన్నిటినీ బ్రాడ్‌గేజ్‌గా మారుస్తోంది. (→ English: national highway; broad gauge · हिन्दी: राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग; बड़ी लाइन)

In exam EnglishPart 3. A national highway is entry 23 of the Union List and is declared under the National Highways Act, 1956, with the NHAI (Act of 1988) building much of the network; all other roads are entry 13 of the State List. The Golden Quadrilateral (about 5,846 km) rings Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, and the North–South and East–West corridors cross at Jhansi; Bharatmala (2017) followed. The BRO (1960) builds frontier roads and tunnels such as the Atal Tunnel (2020), and PMGSY (25 December 2000) links villages. Railways began on 16 April 1853 between Bori Bunder and Thane; Project Unigauge (1992) converts lines to broad gauge; the Konkan Railway runs between Roha and Thokur; and the Eastern and Western dedicated freight corridors separate goods trains from passenger trains.

ప్రధాన ఓడరేవు కేంద్ర జాబితాలో (27), మిగతా రేవులు ఉమ్మడి జాబితాలో (31). 'ప్రధాన' అనేది చట్టపరమైన పేరు, పరిమాణం కాదు. పడమటి తీరం: కాండ్లా, ముంబై, JNPA, గోవా, న్యూ మంగళూరు, కొచ్చి; తూర్పు తీరం: కోల్‌కతా-హల్దియా, పారదీప్, విశాఖ, ఎన్నూరు, చెన్నై, తూత్తుకుడి. జలమార్గాలు 2016 చట్టంతో 111; ఒకటి గంగ, రెండు బ్రహ్మపుత్ర, మూడు కేరళ కాలువ. విమానాశ్రయాల సంస్థ 1995, ఉడాన్ 2016, గతి శక్తి 2021. (→ English: major port; national waterway · हिन्दी: महापत्तन; राष्ट्रीय जलमार्ग)

In exam EnglishPart 4. Each major port is in the Union List (entry 27) and most are run under the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021; other ports are in the Concurrent List (entry 31), and the private non-major port of Mundra shows that 'major' is a legal status, not size. The west coast runs Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, JNPA, Mormugao, New Mangalore and Cochin; the east coast runs Kolkata–Haldia, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Kamarajar, Chennai and V.O. Chidambaranar. IWAI (1986) develops inland waterways; the National Waterways Act, 2016 raised their number to 111, with NW-1 on the Ganga, NW-2 on the Brahmaputra and NW-3 on Kerala's West Coast Canal. The AAI dates from 1995 and UDAN from 2016; pipelines began with Naharkatiya–Barauni; and PM Gati Shakti (2021) plans all modes on one map.

నాలుగు భాగాలూ ఒక గొలుసు: వనరులు, మార్కెట్ కర్మాగారం స్థానం నిర్ణయిస్తాయి; కర్మాగారాలు కలిసి ప్రాంతాలు, కారిడార్లు అవుతాయి; రవాణా దారులు వాటిని ఒకదానికొకటి, ప్రపంచానికి కలుపుతాయి. దారులు బాగున్న ప్రాంతం ముందుకు, లేని ప్రాంతం వెనక్కి; అందుకే కొత్త ప్రణాళికలు అన్ని రవాణాలను కలిపి చూస్తాయి. (→ English: industry; transport network · हिन्दी: उद्योग; परिवहन जाल)

In exam EnglishThe four parts form one chain: resources and markets fix where factories stand, clusters of factories become regions and corridors, and roads, railways, ports, waterways, airways and pipelines tie them to each other and to the world. The same networks decide which regions grow and which lag, which is why the newer plans try to join all modes together. When revising, pair every place with its industry or port, every mode with its List entry and law, and every plant, project or scheme with its year.

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Practice questions

Q1. An industry that is not tied to any particular raw material and can be located almost anywhere is called

  1. a weight-losing industry
  2. a footloose industry
  3. a basic industry
  4. an agro-based industry
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Answer: B. a footloose industry

A footloose industry, such as IT or electronics, can settle almost anywhere. A weight-losing industry is pulled to its raw material; a basic industry supplies other industries; an agro-based industry depends on farm raw materials.

Q2. Consider the following statements:
1. TISCO at Jamshedpur was set up in the public sector during the Second Five Year Plan.
2. Visakhapatnam was India's first coastal integrated steel plant.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: B. 2 only

Statement 1 is wrong: TISCO (1907) was a private company; Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur were the Second Plan public sector plants. Statement 2 is correct. So '1 only', 'both' and 'neither' are wrong.

Q3. The Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor is laid out along which of the following?

  1. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
  2. The Golden Quadrilateral's eastern arm
  3. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
  4. National Waterway 1
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Answer: C. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

The DMIC follows the Western DFC (Dadri–JNPT). The Eastern DFC is the spine of the Amritsar–Kolkata corridor; the Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network; NW-1 is the Ganga waterway, far from the Delhi–Mumbai route.

Q4. Match the industrial region with its main base:
A. Hugli belt — 1. Coal and iron ore
B. Chota Nagpur — 2. Jute, the river and the port
C. Gurugram–Delhi–Meerut — 3. Market and skills of the capital
Select the correct code:

  1. A-1, B-2, C-3
  2. A-2, B-1, C-3
  3. A-3, B-1, C-2
  4. A-2, B-3, C-1
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Answer: B. A-2, B-1, C-3

The Hugli belt grew on jute, the river and Kolkata port; Chota Nagpur on coal and iron ore; Gurugram–Delhi–Meerut on the capital's market. The first option swaps the Hugli and Chota Nagpur bases, and the other two misplace the capital region.

Q5. Consider the following statements:
1. National highways are an entry in the Union List.
2. The National Highways Authority of India was created by the National Highways Act, 1956.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: A. 1 only

Statement 1 is correct (entry 23). Statement 2 is wrong: the NHAI was created by a separate Act of 1988; the 1956 Act deals with declaring and developing national highways. So '2 only', 'both' and 'neither' are wrong.

Q6. Project Unigauge of Indian Railways aims to convert lines to

  1. metre gauge
  2. narrow gauge
  3. standard gauge
  4. broad gauge
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Answer: D. broad gauge

Project Unigauge (from 1992) converts metre and narrow gauge lines to broad gauge (1,676 mm). Metre and narrow gauge are what is being converted, and standard gauge is used on the high-speed line, not as the Unigauge target.

Q7. Which one of the following major ports is located on the east coast of India?

  1. Mormugao
  2. New Mangalore
  3. Paradip
  4. Deendayal
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Answer: C. Paradip

Paradip in Odisha is on the east coast. Mormugao (Goa), New Mangalore (Karnataka) and Deendayal (Kandla, Gujarat) are all west coast ports.

Q8. Consider the following pairs:
1. Inland Waterways Authority of India — 1986
2. Airports Authority of India — 1995
3. UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme — 2021
How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None
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Answer: B. Only two

IWAI (1986) and AAI (1995) are correct. UDAN was launched in October 2016; 2021 is the year of PM Gati Shakti. So two pairs are right, and 'only one', 'all three' and 'none' are wrong.

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