HD Kumaraswamy as part of NDA alliance has been appointed by the Prime Minister as the Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries. He successfully contested Mandya Lok Sabha seat by defeating Venkataramane Gowda of the Congress by a margin of 2,84,620 votes.
As advised by Prime Minister Modi, the President directed that Smriti Irani, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio and Ministry of Steel to Jyotiraditya Scindia.
At present, China is the world's largest steel producer with a production capacity of 928.3 MT of crude steel (2018), while India, with 106.5 MT of crude steel production, ranks second on the list.
Hyderabad, Nov 15: Indian Steel industry is expected to reach a production level of 113 million tons by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan, but it needs some policy corrections to ramp it up
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