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Social Science · 2024 · 3 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 2 · Set 2 · Q26
'Manufacturing sector is considered the backbone of an economic development.' Justify the statement.
'Manufacturing sector is considered the backbone of an economic development.' Justify the statement.
Marking-scheme solution
Manufacturing sector is considered the backbone of development in general and economic development.
(i) Manufacturing industries not only help in modernising agriculture, which forms the backbone of our economy.
(ii) They reduce the heavy dependence of people on agriculture income by providing them jobs in secondary and tertiary sectors.
(iii) Industrial development is a precondition for eradication of unemployment and poverty.
(iv) It aims at bringing down regional disparities by establishing industries in tribal and backward areas.
(v) Export of manufactured goods expands trade and commerce.
(vi) Brings in much needed foreign exchange.
(vii) Countries that transform their raw materials into a wide variety of finished goods of higher value are prosperous.
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