UPSC Notes
Major Sea Ports in India – Lifelines of National Economy

Major ports are an integral part of India's economy connecting country with the world. The trades with foreign countries are carried on through the major ports of India. There are 2 major and 200 notified non-majors (minor/intermediate) ports in India. Here is the list of major ports in India: ...

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Transport – Lifelines of National Economy

There are three elements of our environment which can help us in moving products and services from one place to another on the planet. These elements are land, water and air. Movement of products and services from one place to another is helped by moving them through these elements. This is said ...

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Lifelines of National Economy

Transport plays a vital role in the development process as well as for the growth of economy. This is because it allows movement of men and material from one place to another. Transport facilitates their safe and quick movement. Transport enables free flow of goods and services, raw materials ...

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Industrial Pollution and Environmental Degradation

Industries and businesses, whether they be small scale or large, must follow some measures to ensure that the environment they are affecting is safe. There are 4 types of pollutants: air (dust), water (chemical spill plan), land (regulatory plan) and noise (noise control measures) that ...

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Industrial Location – Geography

Industrial location is the study and analysis of the various factors that determine the existence, selection, and suitability of a site for an industry. The location decision involves elements such as capital investment, labor availability, labor costs, labor skills, transportation facilities, ...

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Contribution of Industry to National Economy

The Indian economy has been growing at a robust pace in the last decade and has seen an acceleration in both growth rate and per capita income. The trend of growth rate in manufacturing over the last decade has been around 7 per cent per annum. The share of manufacturing sector in the GDP ...

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Manufacturing Industries – Geography

The manufacturing industries are those industries which produce different goods and commercial services from raw materials. They do this processing by means of machines, instruments and work forces to produce different products or commercial services. Products like bread, cotton garments, ...

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Conservation of Energy Resources

The world demand for energy is growing every year. The more goods and services we produce, the more energy we will need. Energy is necessary for almost all sectors of our economy including agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic. This makes it so important to explore ways to ...

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Energy Resources – Geography

Energy resources are things that can produce power. Energy source is the fuel or other force that puts energy into a system or uses energy from the system. Energy resources are renewable and non-renewable. Renewable energy is produced by natural forces which are replenished at a rate ...

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Conservation of Minerals

Minerals are a non-renewable resource. It takes thousands of years for the formation and concentration of minerals. Continued extraction of ores leads to the depletion of minerals. So, it's important to take the necessary steps so that mineral resources can be used in a planned and sustainable ...

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Classification of Minerals – Geography

A mineral is defined as a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound with a characteristic chemical composition and physical properties and an ordered atomic arrangement. Minerals occur in many different forms and most can be classified into: 1. Metallic Minerals Metallic minerals ...

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Mode of Occurrence of Minerals

Minerals usually occur in ores. An ore is a naturally occurring concentration of minerals (and/or elements) in the earth's crust. Ores are types of rock that contain economically valuable minerals. The mining or extraction of ores is called mining or mineralization and the miner who works the ...

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