Q.Write a short note on: Industrial Estates

An industrial estate is a planned cluster of developed plots or factory sheds with common infrastructure (roads, power, water, services) provided to small and medium industries, helping small entrepreneurs start easily and promoting balanced, dispersed industrialisation.

This is a 2-mark short note in the AP Intermediate 2nd-year Economics industrial unit.

Industrial estates are areas specially developed by the government or its agencies for setting up industries, mainly small and medium units. They provide ready-built factory sheds or developed plots together with common facilities like roads, power, water supply, drainage, banking and other services. By giving small entrepreneurs ready infrastructure at reasonable cost, industrial estates reduce the difficulty and expense of starting a unit, encourage the growth of small industries, create employment …