Initiatives for steel use in rural India

摘要

The Institute for Steel Development & Growth (INSDAG) has taken upon itself the onus of promoting increased usage of steel in rural India. Speaking to Business Line, Dr R.K.P. Singh, Director General of INSDAG, an institution jointly promoted by the Ministry of Steel and steel producers, said the National Steel Policy had outlined that per capita steel consumption in rural India should go up from 2 kg at present to 4 kg by 2019-20. To facilitate this, INSDAG had taken several initiatives. These include the introduction of steel bullock carts in villages and facilitating increased usage of steel in rural housing and rural construction.