Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof.

Steel Consumers’ Council :  The Steel Consumers’ Council was constituted in 1986 under the chairmanship of the Minister of Steel to advise and assist the Central Government on matters relating to supply, availability, quality and the market trends of iron and steel.  .  The tenure of the Council was initially fixed for two years, which has been extended from time to time.  The term of the present Steel Consumers’ Council is upto 30th October 2006.

Post deregulation and liberalization of the steel sector, the Government is not required to control prices of steel and there is no dearth of iron and steel in the country.  This leaves little scope for any functions to be performed by the Steel Consumers’ Council.  However, the meetings of the Council serve as a forum for interaction among the various steel producers, associations and users etc.  The meetings of the Steel Consumers’ Council are also a source of instant feedback on the proposed policy changes being contemplated by the Government.

OPEN HOUSE FOR STEEL SECTOR ASSOCIATIONS  : An open house to discuss the issues proposed to be raised by Steel Sector Associations will be  held on Fourth Friday of every month from 3.30 PM to 4.30 PM under the Chairmanship of  Secretary, Steel in Steel Conference Room, Ministry of  Steel, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. The representatives of Steel Sector Associations who may like to attend the open house are requested to send details of issues they would like to raise to Ministry of Steel by 15th of the month so that the same could be included in the agenda of the meeting.  

Shri Prashant Kumar Singh
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Steel
Telephone No : 2306 2981
Email-id : pks[at]nic[dot]in

Small Scale Industry Coordination Committee :

            With the recommendation of Department-related Parliament Standing Committee on Industry (DRPSCI), a Coordination Committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Steel) and members from States Secretary of Small Scale Industries, Managing Directors  of Small Scale Industries Development Corporations, Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation, main steel producers like SAIL, RINL, IISCO, TISCO, secondary steel producers & their associations and consumers of Small Scale Industries, to assess the requirement of steel materials by the SSI sectors and the supply of such materials by the producers.  The function of the Committee is to identify the problems areas and the various bottlenecks and suggest measures both short term and long term for assured supply of steel materials to the SSI Sectors. 

            The last meeting of steel Coordination Committee was held in April, 2004.  Thereafter, the issues related to small scale sectors are being regularly reviewed in quarterly meetings held in Ministry of Steel with the representatives of steel producers, SSICs, NSIC and Ministry of SSI.  In addition and open house instruction is also conducted on quarterly basis with the steel consumers, including those from SSI sector, in order to address grievances of the consumers.