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The world’s second-largest steel producer, and one of the fastest growing.
India ranked second in worldsteel’s 2025 production table, with output up on 2024. The largest producers include JSW Steel, Tata Steel, SAIL and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, and the steel products covered by the Ministry of Steel’s quality control orders must carry the BIS mark.
164.9 Mt in 2025 (149.4 Mt in 2024)
159.8 Mt of finished steel in 2025 (147.9 Mt in 2024)
Source: worldsteel, World Steel in Figures 2026. More figures on Steel statistics.
Who sets steel standards in India, and the quality control orders that make BIS certification mandatory.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is India’s national standards body.
Under the Ministry of Steel’s quality control orders, 151 carbon, alloy and stainless steel products must carry the BIS Standard Mark under a BIS licence, whether made in India or imported.
Source: Ministry of Steel — standardisation and quality control
The 2024 order lists IS 1786 for high-strength deformed bars and wires for concrete reinforcement (sizes under 8 mm excepted), and hot-rolled medium and high tensile structural steel, the subject of IS 2062.
Sources: Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024 — text · BIS — IS 2062 test facilities
The standards bodies on our steel grades & standards page: BIS.
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