Industrial Sector

How many iron and steel factories are there in India at present? Are these iron and steel factories among the best in the world or do you think that these factories need restructuring and upgradation? If yes, how can this be done? There is an argument that industries which are not strategic in nature should not continue to be in the public sector. What is your view?

Prepare a list showing where and when other modern industries of India were first set up. Can you also find out what the basic requirements are for setting up any modern industry? What, for example, might have been the reasons for the setting up of the Tata Iron and Steel Company at Jamshedpur, which is now in the state of Jharkhand?

Critically appraise some of the shortfalls of the industrial policy pursued by the British colonial administration.

The traditional handicrafts industries were ruined under British rule. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support of your answer.

What was the two-fold motive behind the systematic de-industrialisation effected by the British in pre-independent India?

Name some modern industries which were in operation in our country at the time of independence.