Clarificatory Order of Ministry of Steel regarding Quality Control Order on Steel Products
Clarificatory Order of Ministry of Steel regarding Quality Control Order on Steel Products
Ministry of Steel has issued Quality Control Orders for enforcement of 151 BIS Standards. The last Quality Control Order was issued in August 2024. No new Quality Control Order has been issued after that.
The Order of Ministry of Steel dated 13th June 2025 is to clarify that the intermediate material for manufacturing of final products under BIS Standards, steel products will also have to follow BIS Standards prescribed for such intermediate products. No new Quality Control Orders have been issued. This order was necessary in view of the following:
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- Parity with domestic producers: Presently, import of finished steel products was not at par with Indian manufacturers of finished steel products as Indian steel products manufacturers had to use only BIS Standard compliant intermediate material while no such requirement was felt by importers for import of steel products. It will be wrong to put domestic steel products manufacturers at a comparative disadvantage vis-à-vis imported products in terms of non-BIS compliant intermediate input products.