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ROLES OF SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES IN INDIA
SUBMITTED BY:
ANUP KUMAR – ROLL : 13
ALPONA KALITA – ROLL : 06
KOYAL DAS – ROLL : 45
RITIKA AGARWAL – ROLL: 42
RAHUL SAHA – ROLL : 40
SANJOY DAS – ROLL : 46
SANTANU SARMAH-ROLL:47
CONTENTS:
 WHAT IS AN INDUSTRY?
 TYPES OF INDUSTRIES.
 WHAT ARE SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES?
 TYPES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES.
 ROLES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES.
 CONCLUSION.
 REFERENCES.
WHAT IS AN INDUSTRY?
Industry is the production of goods or
related services within an economy.
Or, it can be said as an economic
activity concerned with the processing
of raw materials and manufacture of
goods in factories.
TYPES OF INDUSTRES:
WHAT ARE SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES?
Industries which are owned and run by individuals
and which employ a small number of labourers are
called small scale industries.
TYPES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES:
1. Manufacturing Industries:
Those units which are producing complete articles for direct consumption and also for
processing industries are called as manufacturing industries. For example :
Powerlooms, engineering industries, coin industries, khadi industries, food processing
industries etc.
2. Ancillary Industries:
The industries which are producing parts and components and rendering services to
large industries are called as ancillary industries. For example : gears, brakes, tubes.
etc.
3. Service Industries:
Service industries are those which are covering light repair shops necessary to
maintain mechanical equipments. These industries are essentially machine- based.
4. Feeder Industries:
Feeder industries are those which are specialising in certain types of products and
services, e.g. casting, electro-plating, welding, etc.
5. Mining or Quarries.
ROLES OF SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES:
1. Small Scale Industries Provides Employment:
1. SSI uses labour intensive techniques. Hence, it provides
employment opportunities to a large number of people. Thus, it reduces
the unemployment problem to a great extent.
2. SSI provides em ployment to artisans, technically qualified persons
and professionals. It also provides employment opportunities to people
engaged in traditional arts in India.
3. SSI accounts for employment of people in rural sector and
unorganized sector.
4. SSI provides employment to skilled and unskilled people in India.
2. SSI Facilitates Women Growth :
1. It provides employment
opportunities to women in India.
2. It promotes entrepreneurial skills
among women as special incentives
are given to women entrepreneurs.
3. SSI Brings Balanced Regional Development :
1. SSI promotes decentralized development of industries as most of the
small scale industries are set up in backward and rural areas.
2. It removes regional disparities by industrializing rural and backward
areas and brings balanced regional development.
3. It promotes urban and rural growth in India.
4. It helps to reduce the problems of congestion, slums, sanitation and
pollution in cities by providing employment and income to people
living in rural areas. It plays an important role by initiating the
government to build the infrastructural facilities in rural areas.
5. It helps in improving the standard of living of people residing in
suburban and rural areas in India.
6. The entrepreneurial talent is tapped in different regions and the
income is also distributed instead of being concentrated in the hands
of a few individuals or business families.
4. SSI Helps in Mobilization of Local Resources :
1. It helps to mobilize and utilize local resources like small
savings, entrepreneurial talent, etc., of the entrepreneurs,
which might otherwise remain idle and unutilized. Thus it
helps in effective utilization of resources.
2. It paves way for promoting traditional family skills and
handicrafts. There is a great demand for handicraft goods
in foreign countries.
3. It helps to improve the growth of local entrepreneurs and
self-employed professionals in small towns and villages
in India.
5. SSI Paves for Optimisation of Capital:
1. SSI requires less capital per unit of output. It provides
quick return on investment due to shorter gestation
period. The pay back period is quite short in small scale
industries.
2. SSI functions as a stabilizing force by providing high
output capital ratio as well as high employment capital
ratio.
3. It encourages the people living in rural areas and small
towns to mobilize savings and channelize them into
industrial activities.
6. SSI Promotes Exports:
1. SSI does not require sophisticated machinery.
Hence, it is not necessary to import the machines
from abroad. On the other hand, there is a great
demand for goods produced by small scale sector.
Thus it reduces the pressure on the
country’s balance of payments.
2. SSI earns valuable foreign exchange through
exports from India.
7. SSI Complements Large Scale Industries:
1. SSI plays a complementary role to large scale
sector and supports the large scale industries.
2. SSI provides parts, components, accessories to
large scale industries and meets the requirements of
large scale industries through setting up units near
the large scale units.
3. It serves as ancillaries to large Scale units.
8. SSI Meets Consumer Demands:
1. SSI produces wide range of products required
by consumers in India.
2. SSI meets the demand of the consumers
without creating a shortage for goods. Hence, it
serves as an anti-inflationary force by providing
goods of daily use.
9. SSI Ensures Social Advantage:
1. SSI helps in the development of the society by
reducing concentration of income and wealth in few
hands.
2. SSI provides employment to people and pave for
independent living.
3. SSI helps the people living in rural and backward
sector to participate in the process of development.
4. It encourages democracy and self-governance.
10. SSI Develops Entrepreneurship:
1. It helps to develop a class of entrepreneurs in the
society. It helps the job seekers to turn out as job
givers.
2. It promotes self-employment and spirit of self-reliance in
the society.
3. Development of small scale industries helps to increase
the per capita income of India in various ways.
4. It facilitates development of backward areas and weaker
sections of the society.
5. Small Scale Industries are adept in distributing national
income in more efficient and equitable manner among
the various participants of the society.
CONCLUSION:
 The Small scale industry has a vital role in
expanding employment opportunities and
increasing the income of rural
communities. The industry can employ a
greater number of workers and its raw
material grows abundantly in India. With
relatively little capital, rural communities
can develop this business and provide
their own employment opportunities
REFERENCES:

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Roles of small scale industries in india

  • 1. ROLES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN INDIA SUBMITTED BY: ANUP KUMAR – ROLL : 13 ALPONA KALITA – ROLL : 06 KOYAL DAS – ROLL : 45 RITIKA AGARWAL – ROLL: 42 RAHUL SAHA – ROLL : 40 SANJOY DAS – ROLL : 46 SANTANU SARMAH-ROLL:47
  • 2. CONTENTS:  WHAT IS AN INDUSTRY?  TYPES OF INDUSTRIES.  WHAT ARE SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES?  TYPES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES.  ROLES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES.  CONCLUSION.  REFERENCES.
  • 3. WHAT IS AN INDUSTRY? Industry is the production of goods or related services within an economy. Or, it can be said as an economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
  • 5. WHAT ARE SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES? Industries which are owned and run by individuals and which employ a small number of labourers are called small scale industries.
  • 6. TYPES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES: 1. Manufacturing Industries: Those units which are producing complete articles for direct consumption and also for processing industries are called as manufacturing industries. For example : Powerlooms, engineering industries, coin industries, khadi industries, food processing industries etc. 2. Ancillary Industries: The industries which are producing parts and components and rendering services to large industries are called as ancillary industries. For example : gears, brakes, tubes. etc. 3. Service Industries: Service industries are those which are covering light repair shops necessary to maintain mechanical equipments. These industries are essentially machine- based. 4. Feeder Industries: Feeder industries are those which are specialising in certain types of products and services, e.g. casting, electro-plating, welding, etc. 5. Mining or Quarries.
  • 7. ROLES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES: 1. Small Scale Industries Provides Employment: 1. SSI uses labour intensive techniques. Hence, it provides employment opportunities to a large number of people. Thus, it reduces the unemployment problem to a great extent. 2. SSI provides em ployment to artisans, technically qualified persons and professionals. It also provides employment opportunities to people engaged in traditional arts in India. 3. SSI accounts for employment of people in rural sector and unorganized sector. 4. SSI provides employment to skilled and unskilled people in India.
  • 8. 2. SSI Facilitates Women Growth : 1. It provides employment opportunities to women in India. 2. It promotes entrepreneurial skills among women as special incentives are given to women entrepreneurs.
  • 9. 3. SSI Brings Balanced Regional Development : 1. SSI promotes decentralized development of industries as most of the small scale industries are set up in backward and rural areas. 2. It removes regional disparities by industrializing rural and backward areas and brings balanced regional development. 3. It promotes urban and rural growth in India. 4. It helps to reduce the problems of congestion, slums, sanitation and pollution in cities by providing employment and income to people living in rural areas. It plays an important role by initiating the government to build the infrastructural facilities in rural areas. 5. It helps in improving the standard of living of people residing in suburban and rural areas in India. 6. The entrepreneurial talent is tapped in different regions and the income is also distributed instead of being concentrated in the hands of a few individuals or business families.
  • 10. 4. SSI Helps in Mobilization of Local Resources : 1. It helps to mobilize and utilize local resources like small savings, entrepreneurial talent, etc., of the entrepreneurs, which might otherwise remain idle and unutilized. Thus it helps in effective utilization of resources. 2. It paves way for promoting traditional family skills and handicrafts. There is a great demand for handicraft goods in foreign countries. 3. It helps to improve the growth of local entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals in small towns and villages in India.
  • 11. 5. SSI Paves for Optimisation of Capital: 1. SSI requires less capital per unit of output. It provides quick return on investment due to shorter gestation period. The pay back period is quite short in small scale industries. 2. SSI functions as a stabilizing force by providing high output capital ratio as well as high employment capital ratio. 3. It encourages the people living in rural areas and small towns to mobilize savings and channelize them into industrial activities.
  • 12. 6. SSI Promotes Exports: 1. SSI does not require sophisticated machinery. Hence, it is not necessary to import the machines from abroad. On the other hand, there is a great demand for goods produced by small scale sector. Thus it reduces the pressure on the country’s balance of payments. 2. SSI earns valuable foreign exchange through exports from India.
  • 13. 7. SSI Complements Large Scale Industries: 1. SSI plays a complementary role to large scale sector and supports the large scale industries. 2. SSI provides parts, components, accessories to large scale industries and meets the requirements of large scale industries through setting up units near the large scale units. 3. It serves as ancillaries to large Scale units.
  • 14. 8. SSI Meets Consumer Demands: 1. SSI produces wide range of products required by consumers in India. 2. SSI meets the demand of the consumers without creating a shortage for goods. Hence, it serves as an anti-inflationary force by providing goods of daily use.
  • 15. 9. SSI Ensures Social Advantage: 1. SSI helps in the development of the society by reducing concentration of income and wealth in few hands. 2. SSI provides employment to people and pave for independent living. 3. SSI helps the people living in rural and backward sector to participate in the process of development. 4. It encourages democracy and self-governance.
  • 16. 10. SSI Develops Entrepreneurship: 1. It helps to develop a class of entrepreneurs in the society. It helps the job seekers to turn out as job givers. 2. It promotes self-employment and spirit of self-reliance in the society. 3. Development of small scale industries helps to increase the per capita income of India in various ways. 4. It facilitates development of backward areas and weaker sections of the society. 5. Small Scale Industries are adept in distributing national income in more efficient and equitable manner among the various participants of the society.
  • 17. CONCLUSION:  The Small scale industry has a vital role in expanding employment opportunities and increasing the income of rural communities. The industry can employ a greater number of workers and its raw material grows abundantly in India. With relatively little capital, rural communities can develop this business and provide their own employment opportunities