Read the data in the table given below and answer the questions that follow:
Total production of finished steel in India | |
Year | Production (in million tonnes) |
2015- 2016 | 106.60 |
2016-2017 | 120.14 |
2017- 2018 | 126.85 |
2018-2019 | 101.29 |
2019-2020 | 102.62 |
1. Compare the 2015-2016 and 2019-2020 data and give any one reason for the reduction of production of steel in 2019-2020.
2. Why is production and consumption of steel considered as an index of a country’s development?