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q Regular water supply for cotton mills from the q The city is home to numerous multinational
river Yodo. Labour is easily available here. companies and has the highest availability of
middle and top ranking management talent.
q Hydroelectric power is obtained from streams
that flow from the mountains around Osaka. q It has a good transport network, good telecom
connectivity, advanced infrastructure and
q The port of Osaka allows the industry to export
most of its finished goods to international better state policy and investor perception.
markets where there is a great demand for its q Presently many US and European firms are out
cotton. The port also allows the import of raw sourcing work to Indian firms that are mostly
materials. centred at Bengaluru.
The cotton textile industry has given rise to several Bengaluru has set the pace for India in the
other industries, such as electronic, software industry. It is the leading provider of IT
pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food and services to companies at reasonable rates
construction industries. throughout the world.
Activity IT Industry at Silicon Valley (USA)
Collect the pieces of different types of clothes from The information technology (IT) industry is based on
tailor’s shop such as cotton, silk, woollen and software, hardware, systems, database and
synthetic and categorized them in correct category. telecommunications. Simply put, it refers to
computer based operations. It includes a series of
IT Industry at Bengaluru (Karnataka)
technological, political and socio-economic events.
Bengaluru is located on the Deccan Plateau. It is Resource availability, cost and infrastructure are the
the centre of hundreds of technology, software main factors responsible for its location.
and telecommunications companies. In addition,
large multinational technology firms have opened Silicon Valley is a part of Santa Clara County in
their offices here, for example, Apple, JP Morgan, the state of California, radiating outward from
Stanford University. It is surrounded by the San
Siemens, etc. Big domestic firms such as Wipro
and Infosys also established their head offices Francisco Bay on the east, the Santa Cruz
here. Research and development form a major mountains on the west and the coast range on the
south-east. At the turn of the 20th century when
part of the IT industry here. It is also known as
Silicon Valley of India. Bengaluru currently fruit orchards predominated, the area was known
as The Valley of Heart’s Delight . Following factors
employs about 1,50,000
are responsible for the location of IT industry in
software professionals
highest in the world in a Silicon Valley :
given city. Following are q It is close to some of the most advanced
the factors which led to scientific and technological centres in the
the developing of IT at world.
Bengaluru : IT Industry in Bengaluru q Clean environment, temperate climate with
q It has the largest number of educational temperatures rarely going below 0°C space for
institutions and IT colleges in India which development and expansion today and
produce quality intellectuals that provide tomorrow.
skilled people for that industry.
q It is located close to major airports and roads.
q It is situated near the coast, enjoys pleasant q Plenty of space is available for development
climate and dust free environment.
and future expansion.
q The state government of Karnataka was the first
q Good access to markets and skilled workforce.
to announce an IT policy in 1992. This
enabled Bengaluru to have a lead over others. Some of the companies that have their head
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