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The aim of this book is to reveal, through data and the use of simple economic concepts, the mistakes that abound in the discourses surrounding the steel industry. Its main objective is to dispel, through analysis of the officially published data, the many myths that are perpetuated by the policy makers and even the industry in or
List of contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
- Issues Facing The Steel Industry
- Parameters of Steel Policy in India
- Excess Capacity and Production of Steel in the World
- Over Capacity in the Indian Steel Industry
- Producers and Product Mix
- Who To Promote, The Integrated Mills Or Electric Furnaces?
- The Failure of Demand of Steel in India
- The Myth of the S Curve
- The Metallics Balance of Steel
- Bad Loans of The Steel Industry: What Do The NPAs Really Tell?
- Technologies For Making Steel
- The Cost of Steel
- The Price of Steel
- Profits From Steel
- The Steel Trade of India
Conclusion: Summary of Arguments
Index
About the author
Susmita Dasgupta is a policy economist and a sociologist of popular culture. She has worked with the Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel for the past thirty years and is among the busiest speakers at steel conferences in India.
Summary
The aim of this book is to reveal, through data and the use of simple economic concepts, the mistakes that abound in the discourses surrounding the steel industry. Its main objective is to dispel, through analysis of the officially published data, the many myths that are perpetuated by the policy makers and even the industry in or
