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(b) Small Scale Industries: In India, on an industry, if the capital invested is less than 1 crore,
then it is called Small Scale Industry. E.g. Silk weaving, Food processing industries, etc.

4. On the basis of Ownership:

(a) Private Sector Industries: Owned and operated by individuals or a group of individuals.
e.g. Bajaj Auto, Reliance, etc.
(b) Public Sector Industries: Owned and operated by the government. e.g. Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bharat Heavy Electronics Ltd. (BHEL), SAIL, etc.
(c ) Joint Sector Industries: Owned and operated by the state and individuals or a group of
individuals. e.g. OIL (Oil India Ltd.), MarutiUdyog Limited., Gujarat State Fertilizers, Cochin
Refineries, etc.
(d) Co-operative Sector Industries: Owned and operated by the producers or suppliers of raw
materials, workers or both. Mutually they get the resources and share the profit and losses. e.g.
Sugar industry in Maharashtra, Coir industry in Kerala, etc.

5. On the basis of the Bulk and Weight of Raw Materials and Finished Goods:

(a) Heavy Industries: Use heavy and bulky raw material and produce heavy goods. E.g. Iron
and Steel Industry.
(b) Light Industries: Use light raw material and produce light goods. E.g. Electrical Industries.

Following are some of the type of industries using agricultural raw material:
(a) Textile Industries: Cotton, Jute, Silk, Woollen, etc.
(b) Sugar and Edible Oil, etc.

AGRO BASED INDUSTRIES

TEXTILE INDUSTRY
(a) The textile industry contributes 14% to industrial production in India.
(b) 35 million persons are directly employed in the textiles industry in India.
(c) In terms of employment generation, this industry is the second largest after agriculture.
(d) It earns approximately 24.6% of the foreign exchange.
(e) The contribution of textiles industry to GDP is 4%.
(f) This is the only industry in the country

 Cotton Textiles