How PM Gati Shakti Is Driving Demand for Pipes & Steel
Summary
Explore how the PM Gati Shakti scheme is fuelling steel and pipe demand across India’s infrastructure projects. Learn how the PM Gati Shakti portal impacts the steel market in India and what it means for suppliers in the Indian steel industry.
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Key Highlights
- PM Gati Shakti is driving massive steel and pipe demand through large-scale infrastructure projects like roads, metros, and logistics parks.
- Standardized specs across ministries are making it easier for suppliers to meet consistent material requirements.
- Pipes are quietly emerging as essential components in water, gas, and utility infrastructure under the scheme.
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India’s infrastructure landscape is nowadays undergoing a major transformation, and at the heart of this shift is the PM Gati Shakti scheme, a bold initiative that is not just streamlining logistics and development but also significantly fuelling demand for steel and pipes across sectors.
If you’re a stakeholder in the steel market in India, especially dealing with structural steel, ERW pipes, or galvanized tubes, the PM Gati Shakti portal is not just a policy tool, it’s your future sales pipeline in motion.
What is PM Gati Shakti?
Launched in 2021, the PM Gati Shakti scheme is a ₹100 lakh crore infrastructure master plan by the Government of India. It has been created to integrate so many infrastructure-related ministries (like road, railway, ports, power, telecom, etc.) into a single, unified digital platform, the PM Gati Shakti portal.
This portal allows real-time project tracking, inter-ministerial coordination, and faster approvals. The goal? Faster and smarter infrastructure development across India.
But beyond digitization, the scheme is unlocking something bigger: massive consumption of construction materials, particularly steel and pipes.
Gati Shakti’s Impact on the Steel Market in India
India is the world’s second-largest steel producer, and the Indian steel industry has been growing steadily over the past decade. Having said that, infrastructure-focused policies like Gati Shakti are now accelerating that growth.
This is how the PM Gati Shakti scheme is driving steel consumption:
1. Massive Infrastructure Projects
Roads, highways, freight corridors, metro rails, and industrial corridors are at the core of Gati Shakti. Each of these sectors is a steel-heavy consumer, and needs a lot of structural beams, rebar, pipelines, and fabricated components.
2. Multi-Modal Transport Nodes
Under Gati Shakti, 11 industrial corridors and 200+ multi-modal logistics parks are being developed. These hubs need warehouse sheds, rail infrastructure, underground water and sewage lines, all of which boost demand for steel pipes and fittings.
3. Standardization Across Ministries
For the first time, construction specs like pipe grades, steel types, and material standards are being streamlined across departments via the PM Gati Shakti portal. This reduces uncertainty for suppliers and increases consistency in demand.
Demand for Pipes: The Silent Beneficiary
While steel gets the headlines, pipes are the silent beneficiaries of infrastructure. From water pipelines to gas transmission and industrial drainage, pipes are there in nearly every Gati Shakti project.
Key areas where pipe demand is surging:
- Water & sewerage pipelines in urban infrastructure (AMRUT, Smart Cities)
- Oil & gas pipeline corridors integrated with logistics networks
- Utility conduits for highways, flyovers, and metro rail stations
- Irrigation channels under rural connectivity projects
Both ERW and seamless pipes, especially in galvanized and stainless steel variants, are seeing growing orders, thanks to the PM Gati Shakti scheme.
Indian Steel Industry: Set for a Demand Boom
The Indian steel industry is already producing over 120 million tonnes annually. But thanks to infrastructure push through Gati Shakti, this number is projected to rise to 300 million tonnes by 2030 (National Steel Policy estimate).
Some key trends:
- Higher demand for long products (used in roads and bridges)
- Hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) being absorbed into transport and industrial projects
- Growth in value-added steel for urban infrastructure and smart cities
The steel market in India is seeing a shift from cyclical growth to structural growth, thanks to long-term policy planning via PM Gati Shakti.
How Nexizo Helps Suppliers Ride the Gati Shakti Wave
Nexizo tracks the effects of policies like PM Gati Shakti on real-time tendering and sourcing activity. If you are a manufacturer of MS pipes, hot rolled steel, GI tubes, etc., Nexizo helps you:
- Discover tenders linked to Gati Shakti projects
- Track government departments active on the PM Gati Shakti portal
- Get insights into steel and pipe demand by location
- Access company profiles of EPC contractors, civil agencies, and vendors involved
Instead of waiting for opportunities to come to you, Nexizo helps you spot the demand before it peaks, thus giving you a serious edge in the market.
Summing Up
The PM Gati Shakti scheme is more than an infrastructure plan. It's a national-level multiplier for industries like steel and pipes. As the PM Gati Shakti portal continues to digitize and unify India's infrastructure pipeline, stakeholders in the Indian steel industry and the steel market in India must align their strategies to match this momentum.
For those in pipes and steel, the message is clear: Don’t just track demand—get ahead of it.
With Nexizo, you can.
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