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Leading Indian steelmakers fell short of their investment targets for the fiscal year ending March 2024 due to delays in importing gear from China and obtaining visas for Chinese specialists, according to a government document reviewed by media outlets and sources.
27 steelmakers, including JSW Steel Ltd., Tata Steel Ltd., and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel Ltd., signed 57 agreements with the government under a production-linked incentive programme that was introduced in 2020 and committed to investing ₹210 billion in FY 2023–2024. However, despite robust local demand, steel makers could only invest ₹150 billion, which hindered the global capacity increase in the second-largest crude steel producer.
According to the government and the sources, steel companies have been facing difficulties importing machinery from China and ensuring visa clearances for Chinese experts for more than six months.
Some of the steel mills that managed to get equipment on time failed to get experts from China to work on new projects, one of the sources said. The sources did not wish to be named as they were not authorised to talk to the media. India's foreign ministry has issued guidelines to facilitate visa clearances for Chinese engineers, according to the document and sources.
India's foreign and steel ministries did not respond to Reuters emails seeking comment.
Bilateral ties between China and India have been strained, especially since 2020, when 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers were killed during a border clash. Indian and Chinese soldiers again clashed at least two times in 2022 along their Himalayan frontier, according to new details that emerged earlier this year.
A spurt in economic activity and a revamp of broader infrastructure have encouraged steelmakers to ramp up investment and boost capacity to take advantage of rising demand in India. Consumption is falling in Europe and the United States.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is keen to boost the production of high-end speciality steel and value-added steel products such as coated and alloy steel and electrical steel used in defence, space, power, automobiles, and capital goods, among other industries.
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