Industry

         The District has a sound agricultural base but the industrial potential is low. The lack of enterprise and technical training and insight among the people has been the major constraint in the industrial growth of the district. For lack of information it is not possible to trace the development of industries and the level of excellence achieved in them in the past, but it is certain that in the ancient times and also in the Mughal period many villages of this region constituted self-sufficient economic units producing their own cloth, crude agricultural implements and other necessities of life. It is, however, likely that during the peaceful reigns of the first five Mughal emperors, some handicrafts prospered and received considerable encouragement from them. With the introduction of  modern methods of cultivation and the guarantee for a minimum price for agricultural produce, the economic condition of the people has improved, providing the district with a better base for the industrial development.

The district is, however, poor in natural resources and only agricultural produce can provide material which can be processed and utilized by a few small scale units. The district leads the State in respect of   production of oil-seeds, potatoes, ground-nuts and peas while barley, maize and pulses are grown in considerable quantities.

The size of the market, levels of income, educational standards, degree of urbanization, habits and outlook of consumers are major factors which determine the prospects of the successful establishment of demand-based   industries.

Small Scale Industries : Oils, wheat flour, dal, rice, engineering goods, chemicals, furniture, footwear, electric goods, bricks, and articles of glass , etc are produced in a large number of small scale industrial units, which are mainly located in the urban centers.

The investment in the small scale industries sector have gone up by more than twice since 1956. It is, therefore, obvious that the small scale industries have tended to be markedly capital intensive.

The local small scale industries may be mainly classified as those processing agriculture products, manufacturing agricultural implements, chemicals, wooden furniture, electric goods, leather goods, and glass articles.

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