Manufacturing Industries Test - 17

Agro-based industries are those industries which depend on agricultural products as raw materials. Examples cotton, jute, silk and woolen textiles, sugarcane and vegetable oil. 

• There are 8 aluminium smelting plants in India. Smelting is nothing but extraction of aluminium from its ore.
  
• The smelting plants are at following places: Korba, Alupuram, Renukoot, Mettur, Hirakud, Angul, Jharsuguda and Faridabad.
  

• Alluvium is a loose soil or sediments which are formed by erosion by rainwater. It is typically made of small particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel.
  
• The fertility of alluvium is improved by nitrogen.
  

• Alwaye, Renukoot and Muri are the centres of aluminium smelters.
  

• India is the second largest sugar producer in the world first one being Brazil. 
  
• India accounts for nearly one-fifth of the world cane production.
  
• The plant probably originated in Eastern Asia.
  

Coimbatore is called the "Manchester of South India" due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields.

Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, natural gas etc. These are used to generate energy for transportation cooking and many other. Such actions release particulate matter which includes suspended chemical compounds like oxides of sulphur and nitrogen and dangerous gases like carbonmonooxides.

• Handicrafts are nothing but the handmade artisanry. India is very famous for this art. Different types of handicrafts include Bamboo Handicrafts, Cane Handicrafts, Bell Metal Handicrafts, Bone and Horn Handicrafts, Brass Handicrafts, Clay Handicrafts or Pottery, Dhokra Handicrafts, Jute Handicrafts, Paper Handicrafts, Rock Handicrafts, Weaving or Embroidery Handicrafts, etc. 
  
• It contributes to a major foreign exchange.
  
• In 2014–15, Indian handicrafts exports stood at US$ 4.5 billion, approximately.
  
• Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) is the apex government body and operates under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.