The secondary sector of the economy includes those economic sectors
that create a finished usable product and hence depend on primary
sector industries for the raw materials.
This sector includes mining,
manufacturing and construction. Mining, manufacturing, and construction are all part of this industry. The secondary sector contributes 24% of the share in the Indian economy.
Industry
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices stood at Rs. 51.23 lakh crore (US$ 694.93 billion) in the first quarter of FY22, as per the provisional estimates of gross domestic product for the first quarter of 2021-22. The manufacturing GVA at current prices was estimated at US$ 77.47 billion in the third quarter of FY22.
Thus policies
and strategies were framed to give a boost to India’s industry. The
government aims at achieving self-sufficiency in production and
protection from foreign competition.
Today
India holds some key industries in the sectors like steel, engineering
and machine tools, electronics, petrochemicals, textiles and software.
Construction
The process
of building or assembling of infrastructure is known as a term commonly
used in architecture and civil engineering- “construction”.
Construction job is all about multitasking and needs the services from
project manager, construction manager, design engineer, construction
engineer and project architect.