Boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice

Statements of the Boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advised and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public.

1. Joint Plant Committee (JPC)
2. Economic Research Unit (ERU)
3. Steel Development Fund (SDF)
4. Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute (BPNSI)
5. National Steel Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST)
6. Institute for Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG)
7. Steel Consumers’ Council (SCC)

1. Joint Plant Committee:-The Joint Plant Committee (JPC) was set up in 1964 for taking over the functions of Iron Steel Controller in regard to planning and distribution of indents and rolling programmes. The role of JPC was revised through a Notification issued in 1971. The Joint Secretary (Steel) is the Chairman of JPC. The JPC has representatives from SAIL, TISCO, RINL and from Ministry of Railways as its Members. The JPC has four regional offices located at Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai and with its headquarter at Kolkata.

   Post decontrol and liberalization, the initial functions of the JPC have been discontinued and JPC is now primarily entrusted with the task of collection and analysis of data related to steel sector. The JPC also worked on measures aimed at promoting usage/consumption of steel through promotional work conducting studies, surveys, organizing seminars, conferences and sector specific studies. The JPC also acts as the Custodian for the Steel Development Fund. The entire establishment expenditure of the JPC and the support to the other Institutions such as BPNSI, NISST, and INSDAG is met from the interest proceeds of the funds available under JPC General Account Fund. The funds under the JPC General Account Fund are kept as fixed deposit with the nationalized banks.

   For further details kindly visit http://jpcindiansteel.nic.in/

2. Economic Research Unit The Economic Research Unit (ERU) is a part of the JPC and is mainly responsible for analysis of data collected by the JPC and for conducting specific studies/analysis entrusted to it by the Ministry of Steel. The ERU is headed by Economist (Incharge), ERU.
3. SDF Managing Committee The JPC acts as the Custodian for the Steel Development Fund (SDF). The Steel Development Fund is managed by a Managing Committee, the composition of which is as under
   

   S.No.	Department	Designation
   1.	Secretary (Steel)	Chairman
   2.	Secretary (Expenditure)	Member
   3.	CEO (Niti Ayog)	Member
   4.	Additional/Joint Secretary, MoS & Chairperson, JPC	Member-Secretary

   As directed by Honb’ble Steel Minister transfer of SDF to Public Fund is under consideration.

4. BIJU PATNAIK NATIONAL STEEL INSTITUTE Based on the concept plan developed by the Task Force setup by the Ministry of Steel, a decision was taken to set up a National Steel Institute (NSI) at Puri, as training-cum-service-cum-R&D centre under the management of Joint Plant Committee (JPC). The Institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and started functioning on pilot basis from 1st January, 2001 at Puri, approval of the Cabinet for setting up of a full-fledged Institute to cater to the training and R&D requirements, primarily of the secondary steel sector was obtained in February 2004. JS (M/o Steel) looking after the Steel Development Institutes is the Chairman of the BPNSI.

   The BPNSI was established to help the domestic secondary steel industry to be in tandem with the rapid transformation which global and Indian steel industry has under-gone. BPNSI is entirely funded by JPC. Presently the institute is not conducting any course due to lack of interests of students and inadequate facilities since 2015-16. The matter regarding shifting of institute from Puri to Kalinganagar is under consideration.

   For further details kindly visit http://www.bpnsi.org/

5. National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST) NISST is located at Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab and has two regional centres located at Nagpur and Kolkata. The Institute was incorporated as a Society on 18th August, 1987 under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner for Iron & Steel. NISST was primarily setup to cater to the requirements of the secondary steel sector. The following areas of secondary steel sector are under the purview of the Institute.
   • Electric Arc and Induction Furnace
   • Ladle Refining
   • Rolling Mills (Hot & Cold)
   • Direct Reduce Iron Unit

   The Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel looking after the work of Steel Development (Institutes) Division is the Chairman of the NISST. NISST is managed by a board of Governors consisting of members from industry, educational institutions, industrial associations, and Ministry of Steel. A major portion of funding for the NISST is being met out of JPC funds.

   For further details kindly visit http://www.nisst.org/

6. Institute for Steel Development and Growth

   The initiative for setting up of Institute for Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG) emanated from the steel producers and the Institute was registered as a Society on 26th August, 1996. The mission of the Institute is to work in unison with all the stakeholders so as to evolve ways and means for efficient use of steel and provide optimum value to the customers.
   The Institute primarily works towards the development of technology in steel usage and market for the steel producers. The headquarter of INSDAG is at Kolkata. INSDAG was expected to function and grow on contribution from the industry. The establishment cost of INSDAG is met out public/private Steel Companies as well as JPC contribution.

7. Steel Consumers’ Council:

   The Steel Consumers’ Council was constituted in 1986 under the chairmanship of the Minister of Steel & Mines, consisting of representatives of the Government, Producers and Consumers of Iron & Steel, house builders and related industries. The tenure of the Council was initially fixed for two years, which has been extended from time to time. The present council was re-constituted on 16^th September, 2019.The initial tenure of the SCC will be two years from the date of this Resolution unless specifically extended or curtailed by the Central Government. The SCC shall meet as and when required, as per directions of Hon’ble Steel Minister.

   The objective of the Council is to advise and assist the Central Government on matters relating to supply, availability, quality and the market trends of iron and steel. 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. 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.