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Financial Express Mumbai
|February 03, 2026
INCREASED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, provisions for indus- trial clusters, and focus on MSMEs in the Budget are expected to strengthen eco- nomic activities and support steel demand, industry players said on Monday.
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Naveen Jindal, president of the Indian Steel Association, said that a 22.2% effective rise in capital expenditure, focus on freight corridors and inland waterways, and the %10,000-crore container manufacturing
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