India will create green steel policy, steel secretary says

FILE PHOTO: A worker observes an electric furnace inside a steel factory on the outskirts of Jammu·Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will formulate a green steel policy and will consider government procurement for decarbonised steel, Steel Secretary of India Sandeep Poundrik said at an event on Tuesday.

The ministry will also consider incentivising smaller steel players in green steel production, he added.

(Reporting by Neha Arora in New Delhi; Editing by Sonia Cheema)