iron capacity has increased in the last three years from 3.3 lakh tonnes at the end of 1988-89 to 6 lakh tonnes at the end of 1989-90 and to 14 lakh tonnes at the end of 1990-91. However, even with delicens- ing, 5 mn tonnes of sponge iron output per annum by the end of the Eighth Plan is a far cry.
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