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Ahmedabad
❖ It is located in Gujarat on the banks of the Sabarmati river.
❖ Second largest textile city of India, after Mumbai.
❖ Referred to as the ‘Manchester of India’.
❖ Situated very close to cotton growing area. This ensures easy availability of raw material.
❖ The climate is ideal for spinning and weaving.
❖ The flat terrain and easy availability of land is suitable for the establishment of the mills.
❖ The densely populated states of Gujarat and Maharashtra provide both skilled and semi-
skilled labour.
❖ Well-developed road and railway network permits easy transportation of textiles.
❖ Mumbai port nearby facilitates import of machinery and export of cotton textiles.
❖ Several textile mills have closed down primarily due to the emergence of new textile centres
in country as well as non-upgradation of machines and technology in the mills of Ahmedabad.
Osaka
❖ It is an important textile centre of Japan, known as the ‘Manchester of Japan’.
❖ The textile industry developed in Osaka due to several geographical factors:
❖ The extensive plain around Osaka ensured land for the growth of cotton mills.
❖ Warm humid climate is well suited to spinning and weaving.
❖ The river Yodo provides sufficient water for the mills.
❖ Labour is easily available.
❖ Location of port facilitates import of raw cotton and for exporting textiles.
❖ Osaka depends completely upon imported Cotton from Egypt, India, China and USA.
Information Technology (IT)
• Information Technology is the study, design and implementation of computer-based
information systems.
• It deals with the use of technology, in the storage, processing and distribution of
information. It enables the conversion, transmission, storage and retrieval of data.
• The major hubs of the IT industry are the Silicon Valley in California and Bengaluru in India.
• Bengaluru is also known as ‘Silicon Plateau’.
• IT hubs in metropolitan centres of India are Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai.
• IT sector provides jobs to maximum population in service sector.
• Indian IT engineers and technology is considered to be best among the world.
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