GS-I: Factors Responsible for the Location of Industries in Various Parts of World

Examine the factors on which location of semiconductor and electronic chip making industry depend. Enumerate the steps taken by India to boost electronic manufacturing in country.

The semiconductor and electronics chip industry is key for consumer electronics, Computers and even automobiles. It is largely concentrated in East Asian nations like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Factors affecting location of this industry: Labour – Skilled labour is ..

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Discuss the impacts of globalization on the location of IT industry.

The Globalization means increased interdependence and interactions due to flow of goods, services, persons, capital, and ideas across the borders. This gave rise to the development of IT industry in India, which is a foot loose industry. Globalization’s impact on ..

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What are footloose industries? Identify the factors influencing the location of these industries.

Footloose industries are those, which are not constrained to any particular location and are not affected by factors of production such as resources, land, labour, and capital. They do not have ‘weight losing’ or ‘weight gaining’ processes. These industries are ..

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Examine the distribution and factors responsible for the location of Chemical Fertilizer industry around the world.

Chemical fertilisers are one of the most important inputs in modern agriculture. Consumption of fertilisers has registered a steady increase during the latter half of the twentieth century. The fertiliser industry has developed in several countries. The large consumers of ..

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Discuss the locational aspects of cement industry around the world.

The raw materials of the cement industry are limestone, clay, gypsum and coal. A tonne of cement requires around two tonnes of raw materials and fuel. Hence the industry is highly weight losing in its character. Also the finished product ..

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Examine the location distribution and factors responsible for such distribution of Engineering Goods industry around the world.

Engineering Goods industries are highly skill-oriented and they use the product of the metallurgical indus­tries as the raw materials. In fact several of the engineering industries use the products of other engineering industries to produce goods requiring still higher skills ..

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