Scindia said India has come a long way in
the field of steel to become a net exporter of steel from a net importer of
steel.
During the last 7-8 years, India’s per capita consumption
has gone up by 50% to 78 kg.
Steel minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday urged the
industry to target reducing carbon emission by 30-40% in the next eight years
and pursue alternative forms of steel-making using steel scrap as the raw
material.
Speaking at a
seminar organised jointly by Ficci and NMDC, Scindia said carbon emission by Indian
steel producers is higher at 2.55 tonne/tonne of crude steel production compared
with the global average of 1.85 tonne.
“I think it is
about time that we commit ourselves to reducing our carbon footprint, our
carbon emission by 30-40% by 2030,” he said, adding that the country’s steel
producers should stress on the gradual decarbonisation of the sector.