To my understanding, industrialization and growth of Factories are two different things. But generally people consider growth of factories as industrialization. There are two types of factories a) Factories that consumes raw materials which can not be regenerated b)Factories that consumes raw materials which can be regenerated.
In India the first category of Factories are more in number than the second category. The first category of Factories not only use the state resources at throw away price but also utilize other ancillary resources with minimal cost. Some time they abuse the state resources and the common man suffers. For example Land, water and electricity.
Many politicians believe that factories generate employment for the local people which is a blatant lie. Most native indians are unskilled and they are often appointed as labourers in the factory under contract labour having no job or social security. Most skilled persons are often hired from outside the state.
Most factories do not reveal their true employment position. In paper they show more where as in reality it is less. For example "Satyam" indicated extra 50000 employment in paper.
Besides, many of the private factory owners do utilise the state resource but either evade taxes or delay the payment of taxes.
What is pathetic is they take the profit to a foreign bank both illegally or legally to benefit foreigners . These people have no national commitment rather act as anti-national.
At times, some factory owners play political games with the politicians by funding the terrorist.
However it is a fact that when a factory is established in a rural area the land owners become rich over night; basic amenities like water, electricity comes, communication facilities are provided as the spill over. But the poverty of Aam Admi never reduced and gradually he is pushed out side the city limit that we call slum.
Prabir Kumar Pattnaik
Utkal University
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