Distinguish between the followings: Agro-based and mineral-based industry
| Agro-based Industries | Mineral-based Industries |
| 1. This group of industries depends on the raw material produced by the agricultural sector. | These industries use minerals, both metallic and nonmetallic, as raw materials and are based on ferrous, non-ferrous metallurgical processes. |
| 2. The major agro-based industries are cotton, jute and textile industries, sugar industry, tea industry, coffee industry, etc. | The major mineral-based industries include iron and steel, heavy engineering and machine tool, cement, chemicals, fertilisers, etc. |