Centre to give top priority to issues affecting secondary steel sector

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The Union Ministry of Steel would give top priority to address the issues of secondary steel makers in the country.

Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh gave several directions to ministry officials during the course of a high-level meeting that was conducted in Raipur on Tuesday afternoon. Representatives from the industry had come from Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Karnataka to participate in the event.

“The issues raised by the secondary steel sector should be taken up as top priority,” Singh told the officials. Steel Secretary Dr Aruna Sharma was also present in the meeting along with other top officials of