Functions Of Divisions/Cells In The Ministry Of Steel

1. General Administration Division

• General Office Administration and Housekeeping
• Protocol matters
• Procurement/maintenance of office equipment
• Departmental Security
• Medical Reimbursement Claims
• Issue of various items of official needs to the section/officers/officials of
  the Ministry;
• Swachh Bharat Plan (SAP)
• All matters relating to acquisition of books, manuals, newspapers,
• journals, other reference books and maintaining catalogues for
  departmental Library.
• Record, Receipt & Dispatch

2. Establishment Division

• Service-related matters like appointment, joining, confirmation, training,
  posting, transfer, DPC, promotion, leave, relieving, resignation,
  departmental/disciplinary enquiry, maintenance of Service Book,
  maintenance of e-HRMS / Probity / AVMS / SPARROW / Bhavishya
  portal, pay fixation, increment, MACP, pension, GPF, CGEGIS, NPS,
  grant of all type of advances (HBA/computer etc.), LTC, travelling
  allowance, Children Education Allowances, honorarium,
  intimation/permission under conduct rules, NOC for passport, APAR,
  attendance monitoring, recruitment rules, vacancy circular /
  advertisement, correspondence relating to fill-up the post,
  compassionate appointment.
• O&M/IWSU matters such as implementation of the provisions of the
  Manual of Office Procedure, Annual Inspection of the Divisions/Sections,
  preparation of Record Retention Schedule, Channel of Submission,
  Delegation of Financial Power
• Internal Complaint Committee
• Pension related matter of O/o DCIS
• Reservation Cell- Matters relating to reservation for
  SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD in respect of the Ministry
• Cash Section
• All legal matters pertaining to M/o Steel including LIMBS, Government
  cases coordination and maintenance of lists of counsels etc.
• RTI Section: Receiving and forwarding of RTI applications of applicants
  online & offline to concerned Section/Organization and monitoring the
  same till its disposal. Appointing CPIOs & Appellate Authorities for timely
  disposal of RTI Matters.

3. Coordination Division

Matters involving general coordination with other Divisions of the Ministry
& CPSEs (other than substantive subjects allocated to other Divisions).

Comments on the Draft Cabinet Notes / CoS Notes / Bills received from
other Ministries (other than substantive subjects allocated to other
Divisions).

Preparation of Annual Report of the Ministry of Steel.

Monitoring of Central Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring
System (CPGRAMS).

• Preparation of Induction Material.
• Material for President’s Address to Parliament.
• Finalization and Updation of the Citizens’/Clients’ Charter of the Ministry.
• Circulation of general guidelines/orders/instructions issued by DPE and
  other line Ministries, concerning Central Public Sector Enterprises.
• PMO references/ Cabinet Secretariat references requiring general
  coordination.
• Senior Officers meeting by Secretary (Steel).
• Matters relating to Zonal Council Secretariat and Centre-State relations.
• Monitoring of Updation of e-Samiksha Portal

Any other matter not specifically assigned to any Division.

Parliament Cell: All Parliamentary matters relating to Ministry of Steel
including Meetings of the Consultative Committee and Standing
Committee; Visits of Parliamentary Committees/Study Group to
PSUs/Projects under the Ministry of Steel. Parliament Questions, VIP references, Assurances, RTI, relating to the
above.

4. Information Education Communication (IEC) Division

• Matters pertaining to the invitation for participation/support of Ministry of
  Steel in the various seminars/events/conferences organized by the
  Industry & Trade Associations on promotion of steel sector to
  disseminate the policy initiatives of Ministry and getting feedback of
  industries.
• Participation in Annual India International Trade Fair (IITF) along with
  CPSEs and private steel sector companies to disseminate policy
  initiatives of Ministry and to showcase achievements of Indian steel

  sector.

• Organizing India Steel Biennial International Exhibition & Conference on
  Steel sector to attract investments in steel sector in India and to promote
  export of quality steel products from India.
• Implementation of Made in India Branding of steel products by the steel
  industry.

5. Board Level Appointments Cell

• All Board Level Appointments-Function/Government/Independent
  (including CMDs/MDs/Directors) of all CPSEs of the Ministry
• Administrative matters viz. leave, pay fixation etc. of the above-Board
  Level officers
• Coordination with DPE for common HR issues relating to CPSEs under
  Ministry of Steel (Specific HR issues of CPSEs are being dealt in
  respective project Division).

6. Official Language Division

• All matters related to Official Language & allied matters.
• Implementation of Annual Programme issued by Department of OL,
  Ministry of Home Affairs for implementation of OL Policy of the Union.

Progressive Use of Hindi.

• All Committees related to Hindi and Official Language.
• Measures for promotion of Hindi.
• Incentive Scheme for Original Work in Hindi:
• Meetings of Monitoring Committee for Official Language Implementation
  in PSUs
• Official Language Inspections by the Officers of the Ministry/
  Parliamentary Committee on Official Language

7. Information Technology & e-Governance Division

• Providing technical advisory and support on Information and
  Communication Technology (ICT) enablement in the Ministry.
• Maintenance and up gradation of website of Ministry of Steel.
• Development and implementation of services and portals of the Ministry.
• PRAYAS Dashboard - KPIs Integration.
• Operating and maintaining Local Area Network (LAN) enabled with Wi-Fi
  services.
• Providing Video Conferencing (VC) services for conducting meetings
  over VC.
• Implementation of e-Office in the Ministry.
• Cyber Security Measures.
• Capacity building in the area of Information Technology and Cyber
  security.

8. Budget Division

• Finalization/review of IEBR/CAPEX of Steel PSUs
• Preparation of Statement of Budget Estimates
• Supplementary Demands for Grants
• Re-appropriation of funds and surrender of funds
• Compilation and laying of Output-Outcome Budget (OOMF) in the
  Parliament
• Preparation and laying of Detailed Demands for Grants in the Parliament
• Examination of Demands for Grants by Standing Committee on Coal and
  Steel related to the Budget Section
• Cash management/review of pace of expenditure

9. Integrated Finance Division

• Examination and concurrence of all financial proposals of the Ministry
• Monthly D.O. being sent to Department of Expenditure
• Monitoring of Digital Transactions of Ministry as well as of CPSEs
• Review of Government Guarantee taken by Steel CPSEs
• Examination and concurrence of foreign visit proposals
• Examination and concurrence for exemption in booking of air tickets
  through other than Authorized Travel Agents (ATAs).
• Monitoring of procurement through Government e-Marketplace (GeM) by
  the Ministry/CPSEs

10. Capacity Building & Skill Development Division

• Enhancing the capacity of Civil Servants by building their behavioural,
  domain and functional competencies through both offline/online training
  courses/immersions programmes
• To Roll out and implement Capacity Building Plan
• Coordination with Capacity Building Commission
• Follow-up on skill related recommendations of the Task Force for "Skill
  Development" towards Decarbonisation of steel sector
• Conducting Skill Gap Survey across the Indian iron and steel sector
• Coordination with the IISSSC / CGSC for skill related matters.

11. Raw Material & Logistics Division

• Policy matters related to major raw material (viz. Iron Ore, Coking Coal,
  Manganese, Dolomite, Limestone, chrome) used in steel making.
• Policy matters related to Ferro Alloys (viz. Ferro Chrome, Ferro
  Molybdenum, etc.).
• Procurement of Coking Coal abroad
• Advice to Ministry of Mines on Mines and Minerals (Development and
  Regulation) Act, 1957 and the rules derived from it.
• Advice to Ministry of Coal on Allocation of Coal Blocks to Steel CPSEs
  and coal linkages to steel units/sponge units.
• Policy matters related to Critical Minerals and strategic Minerals, Rare
  Earth Elements and Lithium.
• Mining events abroad related to steel sector.
• Supply of Natural Gas to Steel Units.
• Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance (FC) & Wildlife
  Clearance (WC) issues of CPSEs related to Mining Leases – Policy
  issues raised in ICMC Meetings and regional issues raised in FRCM
  meetings.
• Logistics matters related to Ministry of Shipping and Inland Waterways.
• Laying of Slurry Pipelines under Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines
  (Acquisition of User in Land) Act 1962.
• Proposals of CPSEs for seeking approval of Ministry of Steel for NOC
  from Ministry of Shipping for import of coal on CIF basis.
• Issues of logistics needs for iron & steel sectors, coordination with other
  Ministries, PSUs of Ministry of Steel and other stakeholders.

12. Industrial Development -1 (ID-1) Division

• National Steel Policy
• DMI&SP Policy
• Matters relating to growth & development of pig iron industry, steel
  providing industry, steel processing industry etc.
• Foreign Direct Investment in the Iron and Steel Sector and updating &
  monitoring information on the Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal
  (FIFP).
• Issues relating to SSI (other than substantive subjects allocated to other
  Divisions).
• Scheme of Ministry of Ports Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) for
  promotion of flagging of merchant ships in India.
• Issues related to National Capital Goods Policy in coordination with
  Ministry of Heavy Industries.
• Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme.
• Steel Policy – Clusters
• Purvodaya
• Coordination with Private Steel Sector
• Industry 4.0
• Vision 2047

13. Industrial Division - 2 (Green Steel) Division

• All matters related to Green Steel.
• Matters regarding Climate Change, including GHG Emissions.
• Energy & Environment Management.
• Matters related to Conference of Parties (CoP) sessions.
• Green financing, tapping multilateral institutions for funding of the green
  transition.
• Carbon emission and monitoring.
• Circular Economy
• Steel Scrap Policy/Schemes

14. International Cooperation Division

• All matters pertaining to International Cooperation on issues not
  specifically assigned to any Division.
• Greenfield Investment Projects from overseas.
• Coordination of matters pertaining to Joint Ventures (JVs), MOUs/
  Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation received from all
  Ministries/Departments of Government of India
• Matters pertaining to Organization for Economic Co-operation and
  Development (OECD)
• Participation and follow up action with the Global Forum on Steel Excess
  Capacity (GFSEC)
• Inputs/material for preparation of Annual Reports in respect of
  International Cooperation

15. Project Management Cell (PMC)

• Monitoring the progress of all on-going and under tendering projects for
  examining the time and cost overrun of the projects.
• Analysis of the delays, if any, after duly examining the progress.
• Coordinating meetings of project heads of CPSEs in the Ministry to
  review the progress and to suggest corrective actions.
• Attending to references received from the Cabinet Secretariat and Prime
  Minister’s Office for monitoring of projects.
• Coordinates with Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  (MoSPI) for issues pertaining with the Online Computerised Monitoring
  System (OCMS).
• Monitoring and coordinating issues related to Projects being monitored in
  PRAGATI Portal under PMO and Project Monitoring Group (PMG) under
  Cabinet Secretariat.
• Monitoring and facilitating resolution of issues relating to National
  Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) Projects under Department of Economics
  Affairs of Ministry of Finance.

16. Economic Division

• Monthly DO letter from Secretary (Steel) to the Cabinet Secretary.
• Providing inputs on and analysis of development in steel sector for

incorporation in Economic Survey.

• Preparation of a Monthly Overview of Indian Economy with Particular

relevance to the Steel Sector on various economic indicators for Hon’ble
Steel Minister.

• Preparation and Uploading of an Overview of Steel Sector.
• Analysis of the Physical and Financial performances of CPSEs of
  Ministry of Steel.
• Provide Comments on Whole Sale Price Index (WPI) to the Office of
  Economic Advisor, DPIIT, M/o Commerce and Industry.

17. Technical Division

• Technical evaluation / disposal of specific work of technical nature
  besides rendering technical advice on all matters falling under the
  purview of Ministry of Steel.
• Research & Development scheme
• Guidelines for Safety in Iron & Steel Sector
• Standardization & Quality Control orders
• National Metallurgist Awards
• Safety, Disaster Management, Technology Upgradation of Steel Industry
• Issues related to Steel Consumption, Steel Consumer Council/Advisory
  Coucil & INSDAG.
• Co-ordination with all Ministries/Departments on Technical Matters

18. Trade and Taxation Division

Trade Issues

• WTO and Bilateral & Regional Trade Agreements.
• EU-CBAM, TRQ, Safeguard Measures of other countries, Dumping etc.
• Trade Remedial Measures in Steel Sector.
• Rules of Origin in FTA/CEPA/PTA.
• Administration of Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS).
• Tax Issues
• Tax Proposals for Union Budget pertaining to Steel Sector and its Raw
  Materials.
• GST & Customs related issues.
• RoDTEP Scheme.

19. Vigilance Division

• Scrutiny of vigilance complaints and initiation of appropriate investigation measures;
• Furnishing comments / factual reports of the Ministry to the Central Vigilance
  Commission (CVC) on the enquiry / investigation reports involving Board Level
  Officers, wherever required;
• Obtaining first and second stage advice of the CVC, wherever necessary;
• Obtaining Vigilance Clearance in respect of Board Level Officers for their
  appointment, confirmation, extension of service, etc.;
• Ensuring rotation of officials / officers holding the sensitive posts, as per CVC
  guidelines;
• Sending periodical reports / returns to CVC/DoPT.
• Matters related to immovable Property Returns of Officers and Staff working in this
  Ministry and Board Level Officers of Steel CPSEs.
• Matters related to appointment of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) in the Steel CPSEs.
• Matters related to APARs of the CVOs of Steel CPSEs.
• Vigilance Awareness Week.

20. Pay & Accounts Office

• Secretary, Ministry of Steel is the Chief Accounting Authority. The Chief
  Controller of Accounts is the head of the Accounting Organization. The
  accounting organization comprises the Principal cum Pay & Accounts
  Office, Internal Audit Wing. The Pay and Accounts Office discharges its
  responsibilities with reference to finance and budget management,
  payment control and accounts including finalization and authorization of
  pensionary benefits to retiring/retired officials.

21. Statistics Division

• Work related with statistical data/research and Data Governance Quality
  Index exercise implemented by the NITI Aayog
• Work related to implementation/monitoring of Collection of Statistics Act
  2008 w.r.t. the Ministry of Steel.
• Monitoring of CO2 emission in Indian Iron and Steel Sector.
• Coordination with the MoSPI.

22. Steel Development Institutes Division

Research Institutes BPNSI & NISST.

23. Joint Plant Committee (JPC)

• Steel Development Fund (SDF)
• Monitoring and furnishing data on production, consumption, export and
  import of iron & steel in the country etc
• All matters related to JPC.

24. SAIL Division

• All matters relating to SAIL, Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry
  of Steel (except Board Level Appointments).
• Matters pertaining to ICVL.

25. NMDC Division

Matters relating to NMDC Ltd. and NMDC Steel Ltd. (NSL), Public Sector
Undertakings under the Ministry of Steel (except Board Level Appointments)

26. RINL Division

• All matters relating to RINL, Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry
  of Steel (except Board Level Appointments).
• All matters relating to EIL, OMDC & BSLC, Public Sector Undertaking
  under the Ministry of Steel (except Board Level Appointments).

27. KIOCL Division

• All matter relating to KIOCL, Public Sector Undertaking under the
  Ministry of Steel (except Board Level Appointments)

28. MECON Division

• All matter relating to MECON Ltd., Public Sector Undertaking under the
  administrative control of Ministry of Steel (except Board Level
  Appointments)

29. MF Division

• All matters relating to MSTC& FSNL, Public Sector Undertakings under
  the Ministry of Steel (except Board Level Appointments)
• All issues related to Mahindra MSTC Recycling Private Limited
  (MMRPL).

30. MOIL Division

• All matter relating to MOIL, Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry
  of Steel (except Board Level Appointments)

RTI / CPGRAM / e-Samiksha / VIP references / PMO references /Parliament
Questions / Court Cases / Annual Report / Induction Material etc. related to
above subjects will be dealt by the respective Divisions.