The Department of Steel is under the charge of the Minister of Steel and Mines who is assisted by Minister of State for Steel and Mines

  The Department is responsible for the planning and development of Iron & Steel Industry, development of essential inputs such as iron ore, lime stone, dolomite, manganese ore, chromite, ferro alloys, sponge iron etc. and other related functions. There are 10 Public Sector Undertakings under the administrative control of the Department of Steel.

  The Department has a Secretary, 3 Joint Secretaries, 4 Directors, 4 Deputy Secretaries (including one Under Secretary promoted as Deputy Secretary in situ on ad hoc basis), 8 Under Secretaries (including 3 Section Officers promoted as Under Secretaries in situ on ad-hoc basis) one Deputy Director (Official Language) and other supporting level officers and staff. The Ministry also has a common Financial Adviser in the rank of Additional Secretary and a common Chief Controller of Accounts with the Ministry of Mines. A Technical Wing, consisting of an Industrial Adviser, 4 Development Officers, 2 Assistant Development Officers provides support and give advice in respect of technical matters.

  The Ministry has an attached office viz., Office of the Development Commissioner for Iron & Steel (DCI&S) at Calcutta. The DCI&S is an Officer of the rank of Joint Secretary and is assisted by a Joint Development Commissioner.

1. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Ispat Bhavan, New Delhi-110003.

1. Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.(IISCO), Burnpur, Distt. Burdwan, West Bengal-713325.
2. IISCO, Ujjan Pipe and Foundry Ltd., 50, Chowrangee Road, Calcutta-700071. (Subsidiary of IISCO, Under liquidation).
3. Visveswaraya Iron & Steel Ltd., Bhadravati, Karnataka -577301. (Subsidiary of SAIL)
4. Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd., Mul Road, Chandrapur-442401. Maharashtra ( Subsidiary of SAIL)

1. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.,(RINL) Administrative Building, Visakhapatnam-530031, Andhra Pradesh.
2. Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants (India) Limited (MECON) , MECON

MECON Building Ranchi- 834002, Bihar.

3. Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Limited (KIOCL) II Block, Kormangala, Bangalore-560034, Karnataka
4. National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. (NMDC), Khanij Bhavan, 10-3-311/A, Castle Hills, Hyderabad-500028, Andhra Pradesh.
1. J&K Mineral Development Corporation, 19/9, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu-180012.(Subsidiary of NMDC).
5. Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd., (HSCL), No.1, Shakespeare Sarani, 8^th Floor, Calcutta-700071, West Bengal.
6. Bharat Refractories Ltd., (BRL), Sector IV, Central Avenue, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro-827004, Bihar.
7. Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL), Khanij Bhavan, 10-3--311/A, Castle Hills, Hyderabad-500028, Andhra Pradesh.
8. MSTC Ltd., 225-F, Acharya Jagdish Bose Road, Calcutta-700020, West Bengal.
1. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL), FSNL Bhavan, Post Bag No.37, Equipment Chowk, Central Avenue, Bhilai-490001, Madhya Pradesh (subsidiary of MSTC Ltd.)
9. Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL), 3, Mount Road Extension, Post Bag No.34, Nagpur-440001, Maharashtra.

Statement showing the number of SC/ST/OBC/Ex-Servicemen, Men and Women as on 1/11/98 in respect of Ministry of Steel (Sectt.)