इस्पात मंत्रालय Ministry of 
India is the 2nd largest steel producer in the world and also approaching towards a full quality regime. To achieve the objective of full quality regime, it is necessary to bring all the relevant Indian steel standards under the ambit of the steel quality control order. In India, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body, who are engaged in formulation and implementation of National Standards knows as Indian Standards. Adoption of Indian Standards or marking products to bear ISI Mark by its very nature is optional unless it is made mandatory under specific Law, Rules & Regulations. Section 16 of BIS Act, 2016 authorizes Union Government to make the use of ISI marks mandatory in the public interest.
Government has been pursuing imposition of steel quality control order for ensuring the availability of quality steel to the industry, users and public at large. During 2012-2020 (till date), Government notified 145 carbon steel, alloy steel and stainless steel products to make available quality steel for the sectors mainly in construction, infrastructure, automobile and engineering applications.
Vide Gazette Notification dated 12th March, 2012, Ministry of Steel had notified two Quality Control orders namely: Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2012 and Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Second Order, 2012. In the first order 7 Standards and in the second order 9 products (one product later withdrawn) were notified and now these products require mandatory Certification. On 18th December, 2015, Ministry of Steel notified 15 more products vide order namely Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2015. This covers the major flat and long products to ensure safety & security of infrastructure & engineering products made of steel. Further, Government issued another quality control order namely Stainless Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2016, dated 10th June, 2016 covering thereby 3 categories of stainless steel products covered under 3 Indian Standards. On 13th August, 2018, Ministry of Steel merged all the previous steel quality control orders and added 15 new standards into a single order, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2018 covering 53 steel products. On 22nd July, 2019, Ministry of Steel issued quality control order adding 13 new standards into a single order, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2019 covering a total of 66 steel products. On 14th February, 2020, Ministry of Steel issued quality control order adding 25 new standards into a single order, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020 covering a total of 91 steel products. On 27th May, 2020, Ministry of Steel issued quality control order adding 20 new standards into a single order, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020 covering a total of 111 steel products. On 17th July, 2020, Ministry of Steel issued quality control order adding 02 new standards into a single order, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020 covering a total of 113 steel products. On 13th November, 2020, Ministry of Steel issued quality control order adding 31 new standards into a single order, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020 covering a total of 144 steel products.
Later, Ministry of Steel added 1 new standards into a single order and notified on 22nd December, 2020, namely; Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020 covering thereby 145 Steel and Steel products.
