Consider the following statements: Small-scale industries are, in most cases, not as efficient and competitive as the large-scale ones. Yet the Government provides preferential treatment and reservations in a range of products to the small firms because small-scale industries

1. provide higher employment on a per unit capital deployment basis.

2. promote a regional dispersion of industries and economic activities.

3. have performed better in export of manufactured products than the large scale ones.

4. provide jobs to low-skill workers, who otherwise may not find employment avenues elsewhere.

Which of the above statements are correct?

I.A.S. (Pre) 1999