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SAIL will get good returns after its modernisation: Aruna Sharma

India remains the next big emerging giant in steel. We are on course to lifting our steel capacity from 126 mt to 151 mt by 2020: Aruna Sharma

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Steel Secretary Aruna Sharma | Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Kunal Bose
Steelmakers must earn profits to be able to fund growth. But at no time should they indulge in profiteering, Steel Secretary Aruna Sharma tells Kunal Bose. She says India is not against steel imports as long as dumping is not there. Edited excerpts:

Some steel-exporting countries are seeing India offering a lot of protection to the domestic industry by its liberal use of tariffs. Are we not perceived wrongly? 

Whatever tariff measures, including anti-dumping duties, we have taken so far are all WTO-compliant and backed by extensive research. We are not against imports. But at the same time, we cannot allow our