Domestic steel sector moving ahead towards quality control regime

Indian steel sector is progressing towards a quality control regime with India becoming the second top global producer, Union Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh said. Singh said the sector is steadily and firmly moving towards attaining 300 million tonne (MT) steel production target by 2030-31. Addressing an event here for presenting awards to best performing steel plants for 2016-17, the minister said the government has taken a slew of steps to promote the growth of the sector. To ensure production of quality steel in the country, the ministry has come out with a Quality Control Order and is committed to moving towards 100 percent quality control regime, he said. The minister also mentioned that the economy is now the sixth largest economy in the world and is expected to grow at a faster rate than other big companies.