The engineering industry is a distinct sector such as Ball 8c Roller Bearing Industry, Castings, Steel Forgings, Process Control Instruments, Steel Pipes 8c Tubes, etc.

While the trend and pattern of growth determined the productivity and performance parameters of other industries, the production in this industry is derived from the demand emanating from the user industry segment.

There has been a large growth of different segments of light engineering industry in different parts of the country. There are vast opportunities available for both domestic and international markets to the light engineering industry.

The centres are enormous in number. But major one are : Delhi, Faridabad, Sonepat, Bahadurgarh, Ludhiana, Pune, Ahmedabad, Agra, Kanpur, Kolkata, Chennai, Coimbatore, Banglore, Hyderabad etc.