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History of iron and steel industry in india

Answer 1

The iron and steel industry is one of the most important industries in India. During 2014 through 2015, India was the third largest producer of raw steel[1]and the largest producer of sponge ironin the world. The industry produced 91.46 million tons of total finished steeland 9.7 million tons of pig iron. Most iron and steel in India is produced from iron ore.[2] The Indian Ministry of Steel is concerned with: the coordination and planning of the growth and development of the iron and steel industry in the country, both in the public and private sectors; formulation of policies with respect to production, pricing, distribution, import and export of iron and steel, ferro alloys andrefractories; and the development of input industries relating to iron ore,manganese ore, chrome ore andrefractories etc., required mainly by the steel industry.

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Answer 2

☆ Iron and Steel Industry ☆

Jamshedji Tata was the pioneer of Indian industrialisation in of India. Tata was a visionary who thought of establishing and iron and steel factory in India. Finally, Tata Iron and Steel factory was established in 1907. Thus, emerged the industrial township of Jamshedpur. The company began producing Steel in 1912. When the first world war broke out in 1914 Britain had to turn the Steel produced in Tata Iron and Steel company or TISCO to construct the Railways. This was because still produced in Britain was taken up in used to meet the demands of the first world war. Gradually steel from TISCO was also used to produce war materials. No doubt, first world war was a great boost to Indian steel factory.