Question

Give an account on Iron and Steel Industry in India Under the following heads:
(a) Availability of raw material
(b) Main Centres of the industry.

Answer 1

Give an account on Iron and Steel Industry in India under the following heads:-

$\left(a\right)$ Availability of raw material

$\left(b\right)$ Main centers of the industry

$\left(a\right)$

The iron and steel industry is one of the most important industries in India. During $2014$ through $2016$, India was the third largest producer of raw material and the largest producer of sponge iron in the world. The industry produced $14.46$ million ions of total finished steel and $9.7$ million tons of raw iron.

$\left(b\right)$ Main centers of Iron and steel industry.

$\left(a\right)$ Bhilai Steel Plant

$\left(b\right)$ Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel plant.