"Demand from the automotive industry improved in FY24, along with focus increasing towards the EVs. Infrastructure and construction sectors also showed resilience with investments, mostly supported by government-funded development projects," SteelMint said.
The production of crude steel in the country rose 12.6% to 143 MT over 127 MT in the previous fiscal.
The development assumes significance as under the National Steel Policy, the government is aiming to increase India's annual steel manufacturing capacity to 300 MT and per capita steel consumption to 160 kg by 2030.
As per the SteelMint data, the consumption of finished steel rose 6% to 33 MT in the January-March period of FY24 from 31 MT in the year-ago period.
The production of crude steel was 37 MT during the quarter, 12.1% more than 33 MT in the year-ago quarter.
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