India steel consumption rose 23.7% in March 2016 to 8.14 million tons (mt) from 6.58 mt in February 2016, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In March 2015, steel consumption was at 7.21 mt. This shows steel consumption rose by 12.9% year-on-year.
In April-March 2015-16, steel consumption rose 4.5% to 80.45 mt, up from 76.99 mt in the same period last year.