(a) the efforts made by the Government to boost Per Capita Steel consumption in the country;
(b) whether the Government proposes to announce incentive policies for PSUs to procure domestic steel; and
(c) if so, the details thereof along with the discussions held with the Ministries/ PSUs concerned to boost Steel consumption in the country?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)
(a) Government has made the following efforts to boost per capita steel consumption in the country:-
(i) Principles of Life Cycle Cost have been introduced in General Financial Rules 2017 for designing projects.
(ii) Government has formulated National Steel Policy 2017 and Policy for Providing Preference to Domestically Manufactured Iron & Steel Products in Government Procurement (DMI&SP). The DMI&SP Policy provides a minimum value addition of 15% in notified steel products which are covered under preferential procurement.
(iii) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the steel producing Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Steel and Institute for Steel Development And Growth (INSDAG), an organization under the aegis of Ministry of Steel, have also made efforts to boost per capita consumption of steel. The efforts include conducting workshops in rural areas, creating awareness about usage of steel, conducting training for Masons etc. INSDAG has developed designs of steel intensive low cost house, Anganwadi Centres, Panchayat Hall and Community Toilet etc. for the rural people.
(b) No, Madam.
(c) Does not arise, in view of (b) above.
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