SCHEDULE A
1. Arms and ammunition and allied items of defence equipment.
2. Atomic energy.
3. Iron and Steel.
4. Heavy castings and forgings of iron and steel.
5. Heavy plant and machinery required for, iron and steel production, for mining, for machine tool manufacture and for such other basic industries as may be specified by the Central Government.
6. Heavy electrical plant including large hydraulic and steam turbines.
7. Coal and lignite.
8. Mineral oils.
9. Mining of iron ore, manganese ore, chrome ore, gypsum, sulphur, gold and
diamond.
10. Mining and processing of copper, lead, zinc, tin, molybdenum and wolfram.
11. Mineral specified in the Schedule to the Atomic Energy (Control of Production
and Use) Order, 1953.
12. Aircraft
13. Air transport.
14. Railway transport.
15. Shipbuilding.
16. Telephones and telephone cables, telegraph and wireless apparatus (excluding
radio receiving sets).
17. Generation and distribution of electricity.
SCHEDULE B
1. All other minerals except “minor minerals” as defined in Section 3 of the Minerals Concession Rules, 1949.
2. Aluminium and other non-ferrous metals not included in Schedule ‘A’.
3. Machine tools.
4. Ferro alloys and tool steels.
5. Basic and intermediate products required by chemical industries such as the manufacture of drugs, dyestuffs and plastics.
6. Antibiotics and other essential drugs.
7. Fertilizers.
8. Synthetic rubber.
9. Carbonisation of coal.
10. Chemical pulp.
11. Road transport.
12. Sea transport.
Q.8. Give the classification of industries as per Industrial Policy Resolution 1956. (AKTU. 2010 - 11)
Ans. Classification Of Industries: -
The industrial Policy of 1956 announced the classification of industries into three catagories, (i) Schedule A industries (ii) Schedule B industries and (iii) Schedule C industries according to the degree of state, ownership and participation in their development.
(i) Schedule A Industries: -
This category included 17 industries. The future development of these industries was to be the exclusive responsibility of the Government. The list included arms and ammunition, aircraft building, air transport, ship building, iron and steel, coal and lignite, mineral oils, heavy electricals, etc. These industries, thus formed the exclusive domain of Public Sector.
(ii) Schedule B Industries: -
There were 12 industries placed in Schedule B which were to be progressively state owned. In regard to the development of these industries, the state was generally to take initiative in setting up new undertakings. However, the private sector was also expected to supplement the efforts of the state in this category of industries. Some industries in this schedule were machine tools, aluminium and other non-ferrous metals, fertilisers, antibiotics and other essential drugs, road and sea transport, etc. The schedule B industries thus depended for their development on the public as well as the private sectors.
(iii) Schedule C Industries: -
All the remaining industries fell in the Schedule C, the future development of which was left to the initiative of the private sector. The state, however, was to provide necessary assistance to the private sector for development of industries.
