Why is India not able to perform to her full potential in iron and steel production? Explain any three reasons.

India is an important producer of iron and steel but still it has failed to perform to its potential due to following reasons:

(i) Shortage of raw material

(ii) Lower productivity of labour

(iii) Shortage of power

(iv) Poor infrastructure

(v) Lower investment in research and development

Though India is an important producer of iron and steel, we are not able to perform to our full potential because of the following reasons: 

• High cost and limited availability of coking coal. 
• Labour engaged in production has low productivity. 
• Irregular supply of electricity add up to its problems of production. 
• Technological development in iron and steel industries is less. 
• Resource allocation for research and development in production of steel are comparatively very less.