Steel industry can be a leader in 'Make in India' campaign - Experts at CII
Need cost and energy effective technologies, better infra linkages and skilled workforce to achieve
target of 300 mtpa by 2025 - Experts at CII Steel Mart 2015
NewZNew (Chandigarh) : India has the potential to become the second largest consumer as well asthe producer of steel in the world, considering its huge population, thrust on infrastructure, presentlevels of very low per capita steel consumption at 59 kg and a huge rural untapped market. Hence steelsector could be a major contributor in the Make in India campaign, especially in the northern region,owing to a huge base of secondary steel manufacturers. But to achieve this, we need to put in placemost advanced cost and energy effective technologies, strengthen supply chain linkages,develop industry - academia linkages, set up robust railway network and invest heavily inResearch and Development (RandD) and skilling to find out innovative ways and means of productionand value addition. This was a joint call asserted by the top experts who converged at the 2 day ofSteel Mart organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to drive Make in India in Steel at CII NRHeadquarters in sector 31 A, here today. Read More