India steel consumption fell 2.6% in July 2016 to 6.61 million tons (mt) from 6.78 mt in June 2016, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In July 2015, steel consumption was at 6.43 mt. This shows steel consumption rose by 2.8% year-on-year.
In April-July 2016-17, steel consumption rose 0.5% to 26.53 mt, up from 26.40 mt in the same period last year.