4 Geography · 4.4.3 Industries and industrial regions

4.4.3.1 Industrial location factors and industrial regions of India

Industries settle where raw material, power, labour, transport and markets come together, and India's main industrial regions grew around ports, coalfields and big cities.

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Key terms

  • industrial location
  • weight-losing
  • footloose
  • agglomeration
  • industrial regions
  • Hugli
  • Mumbai-Pune
  • MSME
  • industrial policy

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  6. Common trapsFoundation
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