CH: 6 Geography
Class 10th Ch: 6 Manufacturing Industries
CBSE Class 10th
Session 2022-2023
NCERT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Class 10th SST Geography CH: 6 Manufacturing Industries Important Questions
CBSE Board and other State Board
Important Extra Questions For Class 10th SST
What is Fertilizers industry? How it is establish in India?
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The fertilizer industry is centred around the production of nitrogenous fertilizers (mainly urea), phosphatic fertilizers and ammonium phosphate (DAP) and complex fertilizers which have a combination of nitrogen (N), phosphate (P), and potash (K). The third, i.e. potash is entirely imported as the country does not have any reserves of commercially usable potash or potassium compounds in any form. After the Green Revolution the industry expanded to several other parts of the country. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Kerala contribute towards half of the fertilizer production. Other significant producers are Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Goa, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.