..taking the case of only one heavy chemical. namely sulphuric acid, countries like USA, Germany, France and Belgium , - every one of those countries was preparing sulphuric acid over a million tons per year. <snip> From this point, India perhaps occupies the bottom-most position in the world.
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The modern explosive industry requires cellulose, glycerine, nitric and sulphuric acids in large quantities. So far there is only one factory in India under military control to manufacture cordite. By all accounts this is a very small factory. In the scheme of national defence, sooner or later, probably sooner than we think, we shall have to provide for the manufacture of explosives for both civil and military purposes.