Holding the Price Line

imports of a whole range of in- puts, including basic raw materials, various fabrications, what is euphemistically called 'balancing equipment', and technical development and know-how, have been made easily available. Instructions have been issued to the Madhya Pradesh government that power should be made available to Korba's second potline, so that the new unit with a capacity of 25,000 tonnes can be commissioned. Similarly, the smaller Alucoi in West Bengal is to get loan assistance from the IRCI and the Central Bank and the state government has decided to waive electricity charges for 10 years. Gujarat is hopeful of Hungarian, if not Iranian, collaboration for its Kutch plant based on Saurashtra's bauxite, even though the Rs 100-crore Ratnagiri plant is still incapable of taking off.