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India Launches Rs 50 Billion Scheme to Cut Steel Emissions
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India Launches Rs 50 Billion Scheme to Cut Steel Emissions

India plans to roll out a Rs 50 billion ($570 million) programme to encourage steel producers to reduce emissions, a senior government official stated. The scheme will particularly target smaller firms, which contribute nearly half of the nation’s steel output, Sandeep Poundrik, Secretary of the Steel Ministry, said at the FT Energy Transition Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Steel demand in India is rising due to a wave of infrastructure projects and growing housing requirements. While many small steel plants are being established because they are easier to set up, they are also highly polluting.
The initiative forms part of the government’s broader strategy to reduce the environmental impact of its hard-to-abate steel sector. Incentives under the programme will support India’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2070 and facilitate trade with the European Union, which penalises emission-intensive imports through its border carbon adjustment mechanism.
The programme will proportionately reward different levels of decarbonisation and will focus on secondary plants producing semi-refined, refined, or finished steel products, Poundrik added. 

India plans to roll out a Rs 50 billion ($570 million) programme to encourage steel producers to reduce emissions, a senior government official stated. The scheme will particularly target smaller firms, which contribute nearly half of the nation’s steel output, Sandeep Poundrik, Secretary of the Steel Ministry, said at the FT Energy Transition Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday.Steel demand in India is rising due to a wave of infrastructure projects and growing housing requirements. While many small steel plants are being established because they are easier to set up, they are also highly polluting.The initiative forms part of the government’s broader strategy to reduce the environmental impact of its hard-to-abate steel sector. Incentives under the programme will support India’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2070 and facilitate trade with the European Union, which penalises emission-intensive imports through its border carbon adjustment mechanism.The programme will proportionately reward different levels of decarbonisation and will focus on secondary plants producing semi-refined, refined, or finished steel products, Poundrik added. 

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