[1][2][3] It also advises the Ministry of Steel and assists the Government of India on matters and policies concerning the Indian steel industry.

It had also supported a demand to abolish the present 5 per cent import duty on scrap this was announced by Ram Vilas Paswan Minister in charge of Ministry of Steel at the 18th national Steel consumers council in 2004.

[7] Its members are nominated by the Minister of Steel & Mines.

The tenure of the council was initially fixed for two years, and it was re-constituted on 25 February 2010.

[8][9] The largest steel producer in India is Steel Authority of India, a public sector company run by Government of India with an annual turnover of ₹50627 crore (US$7.6 billion) (FY 2014–15).