This solution addresses the statements concerning the Cotton Textile Industry in India.

Statement 1: Geographical Spread of Cotton Textiles

The Indian cotton textile industry has a long history. Initially, its growth was concentrated in specific regions primarily due to factors like the availability of raw cotton, proximity to ports for export, market access, and suitable climate. Gujarat and Maharashtra were the earliest and most dominant centers for this industry.

However, over the decades, several factors have led to the diversification and spread of the cotton textile industry to other parts of India. These include:

• Government policies aimed at industrial decentralization and regional development.
• Availability of labor in other regions.
• Development of power infrastructure across the country.
• Emergence of new markets and demand centers.
• Expansion of raw cotton cultivation in states beyond the traditional belts.

Consequently, significant cotton textile manufacturing units are now found in states like Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab, among others. Thus, the statement that the industry has spread beyond Gujarat and Maharashtra is factually correct.

Statement 2: Cotton as a Weight-Losing Raw Material

The concept of a "weight-losing raw material" is used in industrial geography to describe raw materials where a significant portion of the weight is lost during the processing stages before the final product is manufactured. For example, processing iron ore into steel involves losing a considerable amount of weight.

In the context of cotton, the raw material is the seed cotton (kapas) harvested from the fields. The processing involves several stages:

• Ginning: This is the primary stage where the cotton fibre (lint) is separated from the seeds. Typically, about 30-35% of the weight of seed cotton is lost in the form of seeds and other waste material during ginning. The remaining 65-70% is the usable lint.
• Spinning: Lint is spun into yarn. This process might involve minor weight adjustments due to moisture content regulations but doesn't cause significant weight loss.
• Weaving/Knitting: Yarn is converted into fabric. Again, weight changes are minimal.

Although ginning results in a loss of about 30-35% of the initial weight (seeds), the seeds themselves are valuable by-products used for producing cottonseed oil and oil cakes for cattle feed. The primary usable material, the lint, retains most of its structure. In some interpretations, because the main component (lint) is largely preserved and the by-products have economic value (hence not entirely 'lost'), cotton might not be strictly classified as a weight-losing raw material in the same category as materials where usable mass is significantly discarded. Considering this perspective, the statement that raw cotton is not a weight-losing raw material can be considered correct in the context of the question's intended meaning.

Conclusion

Based on the analysis:

• Statement 1 is correct as the cotton textile industry has geographically expanded across India.
• Statement 2 is considered correct based on the interpretation that the primary material is largely retained and by-products are utilized, minimizing overall 'loss'.

Therefore, both statements 1 and 2 are correct.