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{{Short description|Indian government agency}}
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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Steel Consumers Council
|seal = Emblem_of_India.svg
|seal_width = 70px
|seal_caption = [[Emblem of India]]
|formed =
|preceding2 =
|dissolved =
|superseding =
|jurisdiction = {{flagicon|India}}[[Republic of India]]
|headquarters = Udyog Bhawan <br/> [[New Delhi]]
|employees =
|budget =
|minister1_name =[[Ch. Birender Singh]]
|chief1_position = [[Minister of Steel (India)|Minister of Steel]]
|website = [http://steel.nic.in steel.nic.in]
}}
[[File:Ram Vilas Paswan 3.jpeg|thumb|The Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Steel, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan at the 22nd National Steel Consumers Council Meeting in New Delhi on 4 October 2008. The Minister of State for Steel, Shri Jitin Prasada is also seen in the picture|right|365x365px]]The '''Steel Consumers Council''' is a group under the [[Ministry of Steel]], chaired by the Cabinet in charge of the department. India is the world's third-largest producer of [[crude steel]], and the council works with steel producers to ensure both the supply and demand of the steel industry.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibef.org/industry/steel.aspx| title=India is the world's third-largest producer of crude steel | work=steel.ibef.org | access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-07-07/news/64178310_1_indian-steel-iisco-steel-srtmi| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012033820/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-07-07/news/64178310_1_indian-steel-iisco-steel-srtmi| url-status=dead| archive-date=12 October 2015| title=India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer | work=Economic Times| access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/beni-promises-10-steel-units-in-uttar-pradesh-114020300706_1.html| title=Beni Prasad Verma promises 10 steel units in Uttar Pradesh | work=business-standard.com | access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> It also advises the [[Ministry of Steel]] and assists the [[Government of India]] on matters and policies concerning the Indian steel industry. In 2004, alarmed by the recent rise in steel prices, the Union Steel Ministry had proposed setting up of an independent regulator to monitor and fix the prices of steel. It had also supported a demand to abolish the present 5 per cent import duty on scrap this was announced by [[Ram Vilas Paswan]] Minister in charge of [[Ministry of Steel]] at the 18th national '''Steel consumers council''' in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/steel-ministry-moots-price-regulator-open-to-duty-cut-104061401047_1.html| title=18th national steel consumers council chaired by Cabinet Minister | work=business-standard.com | access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Chaired by Steel {{sic|nolink=y|Ministy}} Of India|url=http://www.industrialnews.in/events/3197-24th-meeting-of-steel-consumer%E2%80%99s-council-chaired-by-steel-ministy-of-india.html|publisher=industrialnews.in|date=3 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=24th Meeting of Steel Consumer's Council Circular|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102937|date=3 February 2014}}</ref>

The council was founded in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://steel.gov.in/steel%20consumer%20council%2030.09.2014.pdf | work=steel.gov.in | title=Formation of Steel Consumers Council | access-date=14 January 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064221/http://steel.gov.in/steel%20consumer%20council%2030.09.2014.pdf | archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref> Its members are nominated by the Minister of Steel & Mines. The tenure of the council was initially fixed for two years, and it was re-constituted on 25 February 2010. The term of the present Council is up to 29 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://steel.nic.in/act/boards.htm|title= Boards Councils Committees|work= steel.gov.in|access-date= 14 January 2016|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160106074502/http://steel.nic.in/act/boards.htm|archive-date= 6 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://steel.gov.in/act/arrangement.htm | title=Steel Consumers Council | work=steel.gov.in | access-date=14 January 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064023/http://steel.gov.in/act/arrangement.htm | archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

The largest steel producer in India is [[Steel Authority of India]], a [[public sector]] company run by Government of India with an annual turnover of ₹50627 [[crore]] (US$7.6 billion) (FY 2014–15).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sail.co.in/| title=Steel Authority of India Limited | work=sail.co.in| access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref>

== Public Sector companies ==
*[[Steel Authority of India Limited]] (SAIL)
*[[Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.]] (RINL)
*[[National Mineral Development Corporation]] Ltd (NMDC)
*[[Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd]] (KIOCL)
*[[MECON Limited]]
*Manganese Ore (India) Ltd (MOIL)
*MSTC Limited
*Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited ''(HSCL)''
*Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL)
*Bharat Refractories Limited (BRL)
*Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL)
*Bird Group of Companies

==Top steel companies of India in the Private sector==
*[[Tata Steel]]
*[[JSW Steel]]
*VISA Steel
*[[Bhushan Steel]]
*[[Essar Steel]]

== Cabinet Ministers chairing the Steel Consumers Council ==
* [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]] - 1991
* [[Ram Vilas Paswan]] - 2004–2009
* [[Virbhadra Singh]] - 28 May 2009–18 Jan 2011
* [[Beni Prasad Verma]] - July 2011 – May 2014
* [[Narendra Singh Tomar]] -26 May 2014 – June 2016
* [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Chaudhary Birender Singh]] - 6 July 2016 – Present

==References==

{{reflist}}
{{Government of India}}
{{Steel industry of India}}
{{Ministry of Steel}}

[[Category:Ministry of Steel]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Consumer organisations in India]]

Steel Consumers Council - Revision history

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