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Analyze the factors for highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India.

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What the examiner wants

Analyse why cotton textile units are spread widely across India.

AnalyzeBreak it into parts, show how the parts connect, and judge which matter most.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Raw cotton is pure (non weight-losing), so mills can locate near markets≈15 words
  2. 2Large market everywhere; cheap labour; simple technology≈15 words
  3. 3Powerloom and handloom tradition; electricity removed dependence on coal≈15 words
  4. 4Clusters: Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Surat, Bhiwandi, Ludhiana≈15 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Locational factorsWhy they favour dispersalMajor clustersConclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Describing problems of the industry instead of location
  • No cluster examples

Draw this

  • Map of India marking textile clusters

Value addition

  • FactThe decentralised powerloom sector produces the majority of India's cloth.Ministry of Textiles
  • LawHandlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act 1985 reserves items for handlooms.Act of 1985

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