Locations
Chennai
- huge market for automobiles in itself
- port facility for export
- connectivity to other markets by railways
- favourable public policy
- nearby Salem steel plant
Pune
- not port based location
- but connected to Mumbai (port location) via railways 🚝
- nearby steel plants
- itself a market for automobiles
- favourable govt. policy
Jamshedpur
- TATA truck manufacturing facility is there
- steel plant location
- steel as the major raw material
- connected to Kolkata port by rail
- also connected to other market locations
Pantnagar
- connected to Delhi by railways
- favourable policy of Uttarakhand govt. towards industrial expansion
Delhi - NCR
- Plant location
- Kapashera (ggn)
- Manesar (cheap land)
- NO automobile industry inside Delhi
- Govt. support
- cheap land in Ggn.
- itself a vast market
- connectivity to other markets
- Maruti Suzuki - Case Study
Why is it not possible to decentralize this industry
- as nearby steel plants are needed or there should be Economy of Scale
- any random location can not work