Steel sector is both the backbone of Indian economy as well as a growth promising sector. The growth
of the sector is well supported by the availability od raw material such as iron ore and cost effective
labour in the country. The government has always realized the importance of the sector for
manufacturing sector growth and the overall GDP growth and therefore, initiated various schemes and
policies for the development of steel sector along with promoting public private partnership. Since the
last couple of the decades, the sector has been moving towards modernizing itself with plants
upgradation, adoption of advanced technology and building of state-of-the-art mills. Leveraging on
the high demand with resurging economy, the India has witnessed continuous rise in the steel
production, which has made India a second largest crude steel producer of the world (since 2018).