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QUESTION 6
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Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?

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What the examiner wants

Discuss whether manufacturing based on local resources can raise employment in India.

DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Idea: process local resources locally (food, minerals, forest produce, textiles)≈30 words
  2. 2Employment benefits: labour-intensive, rural, cuts migration, value addition≈30 words
  3. 3Examples: ODOP, cashew in Kerala, bamboo in the North-East, mineral processing in Odisha≈30 words
  4. 4Limits: infrastructure, markets, skills, scale; need for clusters and credit≈30 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

ConceptBenefitsExamplesLimitsConclusion

Where marks usually go

  • General Make in India answer
  • No regional example

Draw this

  • Map with resource-based clusters

Value addition

  • SchemeOne District One Product (ODOP) identifies products for over 750 districts.DPIIT / MoFPI
  • DataMSMEs employ about 25–30 crore people and are mostly resource-based or labour-intensive.Ministry of MSME