(a) the details regarding India`s position in the iron-ore exports in the international market;
(b) whether iron ore is being imported by India as steel in the form of value-added product;p
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government is undertaking steps to motivate indigenous producers to undertake
the value-addition of iron-ore into finished steel;
(e) if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereof; and
(f) the quantum of foreign exchange lost by exporting of mineral as raw material and importing
the finished products of the same minerals at a higher rate?