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Identify the kind of industry manufacturing products from locally available materials like bamboo, stone and clay: |
Agro-based industry Consumer goods industry Cottage industry Basic industry |
Cottage industry |
HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES OR COTTAGE MANUFACTURING: It is the smallest manufacturing unit. The artisans use local raw materials and simple tools to produce everyday goods in their homes with the help of their family members or parttime labour. Finished products may be for consumption in the same household or, for sale in local (village) markets, or, for barter. Capital and transportation do not wield much influence as this type of manufacturing has low commercial significance and most of the tools are devised locally. Some common everyday products produced in this sector of manufacturing include foodstuffs, fabrics, mats, containers, tools, furniture, shoes, and figurines from wood lot and forest, shoes, thongs and other articles from leather; pottery and bricks from clays and stones. |