- There are about 21
major industry groups in the small scale sector. These are listed below
:
- Food Products
- Chemical & Chemical Products
- Basic Metal Industries
- Metal Products
- Electrical Machinery & Parts
- Rubber & Plastic Products
- Machinery & Parts Except Elecetrical goods
- Hosiery & Garments - Wood Products
- Non-metallic Mineral Products
- Paper Products & Printing
- Transport Equipments & Parts
- Leather & Leather Products
- Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
- Other Services & Products
- Beverages, Tobacco & Tobacco Products
- Repair Services
- Cotton Textiles
- Wool, Silk, Synthetic Fibre Textiles
- Jute, Hemp and Mesta Textiles
- Other Services
- A survey of indices of industrial
production (IIP) maintained for these major industry groups reveals what
the sunrise industries are and on what segments the sun has set.
SSI units produce an amazing variety and type of products. Over 7500 products
are known to be manufactured in this sector. Even in a particular product,
there would exist a wide range of qualities or specifications catering
to different market segments, particularly in consumer/household
products. Small Scale sector has emerged as a major supplier of mass consumption
items like
- - leather and leather goods
- plastic and rubber goods
- ready-made garments
- hosiery goods, sheet metal goods
- stationery items - soap and detergents
- domestic utensils
- toothpaste and toothpowder
- safety matches
- preserved foods and vegetables
- wooden and steel furniture
- paints and varnishes etc.,
- Television sets
- calculators
- microwave components
- plastic film capacitors
- carbon film registers
- electromedical equipments
- electronic teaching aids
- digital measuring equipments
- air-conditioning equipments
- optical lenses
- drugs and pharmaceuticals
- electric motors
- pesticide formulators
- photographic sensitised paper
- razor blades
- collapsible tubes,etc.