Steps to Facilitate the Reduction of Steel Imports

Government has taken following steps to facilitate the reduction of Steel imports:-

(i) Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) for advance registration of steel imports. The objective is to help the Government and industry to identify the exact steel grades being imported into the country in order to plan domestic manufacturing, besides advance information about any surge in imports.

(ii) Issuance of Steel Quality Control Orders (SQCO) to stop non-standardised steel import and manufacturing and to ensure availability of quality Steel in the country.

(iii) Draft Framework Policy to promote setting up of steel clusters with focus on manufacturing units for value added steel, ancillaries, capital goods etc.

This Information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 21 September 2020.