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Agriculture Rs 70,000 crores Food and Beverages 2,700 crores Textiles 3,600 crores; Paper, leather, rubber etc. 3,000 crores; Chemicals 4,000 crores, Steel and other metals 4,000 crores; Machinery 5,000 crores; Transport equipment 2,300 crores; Miscellaneous 1,500 crores. (ref : Statistical Outline of India Figures rounded and grouped.} The point to note is that agro-based industry should be our number one priority. 10. Why Profit? Any body who runs an enterprise is faced with the question of how much profit each operation should earn. Those who get wages also bother about the fair wages for a job. The open market system leaves the answer to market forces. But basically, why is profit desirable? A short story from a school-book gives a beautiful moral. A colony of 100 lives on a hill. Everyone had to spend 1 hour per day to bring his own water requirement. One enterprising person spent his own time and labour and built a system to bring the water to a tank in the locality. he offered to give the water to anyone in exchange for 10 minutes wages. He does gain 99x10 minutes wages every day for his enterprise. Every one took the water from him and saved 50 minutes wages every day. So the community saved 99x50 minutes wages. Everybody was happy with the labour save and encouraged by the experience, every one thought of new way to save labour for every one. There were many enterprises and the community prospered. Moral : An enterprise that helps every one has a sustainable long term basis. < Rural Development Through Education System 230