The steel ministry has brought more steel grades under the Quality Control (QC) order.
Under the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) (Second Amendment) Order, 2016, which amended the Steel and Steel Products (QC) Order, 2015, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has increased the grades of CR low-carbon, CR strips and hard-drawn steel wire.
Under the latest amendment, the ministry has included all grades of hard-drawn steel wire, certain grades of CR low carbon steel sheets and strips and those of CR steel strips.
The move is expected to check the rampant import of cheap steel products into the country, especially from China, Japan and South Korea.