Ministry of Steel has constituted a Technical Committee, comprising officials of BIS and domain experts from the industry to examine applications for import of steel products whether the steel products being imported fall within the purview of the Steel Quality Control Order or otherwise. Based on the recommendation of Technical Committee, ministry issues requisite clarification to the applicants. The ministry has set up a dedicated QCO portal for processing the applications since July, 27 2020. As per the state-wise break-up 472 applications have been received in the Portal so far. State-wise break-up is at the Annexure.
Annexure
Sr. No. |
State |
Number of Applications |
1 |
Bihar |
1 |
2 |
Delhi |
11 |
3 |
Gujarat |
40 |
4 |
Haryana |
51 |
5 |
Himachal Pradesh |
5 |
6 |
Jharkhand |
4 |
7 |
Karnataka |
41 |
8 |
Madhya Pradesh |
2 |
9 |
Maharashtra |
108 |
10 |
Punjab |
43 |
11 |
Rajasthan |
7 |
12 |
Tamil Nadu |
141 |
13 |
Telangana |
9 |
14 |
Uttar Pradesh |
6 |
15 |
West Bengal |
3 |
Total |
472 |
This information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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