On Monday, the Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that India had become the second-largest steel producer in the world in the last eight years.
India Becomes Second Largest Steel Producer in World : Scindia
Scindia said, while replying to a question on the impact on the steel industry with India importing 25 per cent of steel production to the European Union that ” India has now reached a new record. We have become the second largest steel producer in the world in the last 8 years, doubling our capacity from 150 to 154 million tonnes of production. We are very very aware of the environmental concerns.”
He also added that “This affects producers all over the world. A clear articulation of both supply side and demand side plans we have in place to reduce the CO2 emissions in the steel sector steel because without a doubt this is the way the world is going. Steel has to conform to that path of environmental protection”.
There was another concern that was raised by the public and they wanted to seek Scindia’s response.
No Direct Flights Between Canada & Amritsar Dismays Punjabi Diaspora
There is a bilateral air service agreement between Indian and Canada in with the Punjabi diaspora is having keen interest in and they are asking why the Amritsar and Chandigarh airports were not pushed while signing a bilateral air service agreement between the two nations.
Coming around this concern, Scindia said that “We have connectivity from Amritsar and Chandigarh to almost seven countries Qatar, Malaysia, United Kingdoms, Dubai, Singapore, Sharjah and Italy from the Amritsar and Chandigarh airports”.
He added that “We have 17 air traffic movements per week internationally especially to Singapore, Doha Kualampur. While talking about domestic air traffics, we have 42 domestic traffic movements”.
Disappointment was expressed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Punjabi diaspora in Canada over the recent bilateral air service agreement between Indian and Canada.
There has been no announcement of direct air connectivity between Punjab and Canada and they are rattled with no flights being started from Canada to Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport Amritsar.
