Industralisation

Industrialization refers to creation of industries, expansion of industries and use of modern technique of production in industries. During the time of independence, industrialization was not in motion because Britishers did not want to make India an industrialized country. After the decades of foreign rule, steps were taken for rapid industrialization.

The necessity of industrialization is given below:

Utilisation of Available Resources

Adequate environment is present in India for industrialization. Firstly, India is rich in different natural resources like iron-ore, manganese, bauxite, coal and mica etc. Secondly, raw materials like jute, cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane and tobacco leaves are plenty produced in India. Thirdly, forest resources are more which give us paper, matches and sports materials. Industrialization alone can be able to utilize large mineral resources, agricultural and forest resources.

Modern industrialization also needs development of energy. We have large water resources and coal reserves for energy resources. It means there is no difficulty in the path of industrialization. It implies that the necessary conditions for industrialization are present in India.

Overcoming the Problem of Unemployment

The problem of unemployment is acute in India. Due to rapid growth of population, every year lakhs of people enter into the labour market. On the other hand, there is no scope for alternative employment opportunities in agricultural sector to employ the excess labour in agricultural sector and unemployed labourers rapid industrialization is necessary.

Modernization of Agriculture

Modernization of agriculture is necessary for increasing the productivity of land, tractor, pump set, chemicals, fertilizers, insecticides and other developed machineries are necessary to modernize agriculture. It- means modernization of agriculture is possible only with the help of the development of fertilizers and agricultural machineries