Lok Sabha Question No. 5893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Establishment of New Steel Plants
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK, RAMEN DEKA, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA, HARISH DWIVEDI, ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5893 FOR ANSWER ON 10/04/2017

## ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW STEEL PLANTS

## 5893.  PROF. A.S.R. NAIK:

SHRI RAMEN DEKA: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY: SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY: SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI: SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  all  functional,  profit  making,  sick  public  and  private  sector  steel plants in the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  revive  the  sick  plants,  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up new steel plants including small and medium steel plants in various parts of the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government to make these plants operational in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a) There  are  two  steel  manufacturing  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  under Ministry  of  Steel  namely  Steel  Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  and  Rashtriya  Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). Both of them are not sick CPSEs.

Steel is a deregulated sector. The role of the Government is that of a facilitator. As  per  data  available,  there  are  about  1189  operational  steel  plants  producing  crude steel in the country. Data regarding profit making/sick steel plants in the private sector is not maintained by Ministry of Steel. The State/UT-wise details of operational public and private sector steel plants in the country are at annexure .

- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) No, Madam. The Government is not considering setting up of new steel plants in the country.
- (d) Does not arise.
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## Annexure

| Crude Steel: No. of Units in Public Sector and Private Sector in 2015-16   | Crude Steel: No. of Units in Public Sector and Private Sector in 2015-16   | Crude Steel: No. of Units in Public Sector and Private Sector in 2015-16   | Crude Steel: No. of Units in Public Sector and Private Sector in 2015-16   | Crude Steel: No. of Units in Public Sector and Private Sector in 2015-16   |
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| PUBLIC SECTOR                                                              | PUBLIC SECTOR                                                              | PUBLIC SECTOR                                                              | PUBLIC SECTOR                                                              | PUBLIC SECTOR                                                              |
| Plant Name                                                                 | State                                                                      | No.of                                                                      | 2015-16                                                                    | 2015-16                                                                    |
|                                                                            |                                                                            | units                                                                      | Capacity ('000 tonnes)                                                     | Production ('000 tonnes)                                                   |
| Alloy Steel Plant                                                          | West Bengal                                                                | 1                                                                          | 234                                                                        | 91                                                                         |
| Bhilai Steel Plant                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                               | 1                                                                          | 3925                                                                       | 5058                                                                       |
| Bokaro Steel Plant                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                  | 1                                                                          | 4360                                                                       | 3392                                                                       |
| Durgapur Steel Plant                                                       | West Bengal                                                                | 1                                                                          | 1802                                                                       | 1975                                                                       |
| IISCO Steel Plant                                                          | West Bengal                                                                | 1                                                                          | 2500                                                                       | 871                                                                        |
| Rourkela Steel Plant                                                       | Odisha                                                                     | 1                                                                          | 4400                                                                       | 2730                                                                       |
| Salem Steel Plant                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                 | 1                                                                          | 180                                                                        | 120                                                                        |
| Visvesvaraya Iron And Steel Plant                                          | Karnataka                                                                  | 1                                                                          | 118                                                                        | 42                                                                         |
| Total (SAIL)                                                               |                                                                            | 8                                                                          | 17519                                                                      | 14279                                                                      |
| RINL/Vizag Steel Plant                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                             | 1                                                                          | 6300                                                                       | 3641                                                                       |
| Total Public Sector (No. of Units)                                         |                                                                            | 9                                                                          | 23819                                                                      | 17920                                                                      |

| PRIVATE SECTOR State   |   No. of Units |   Capacity ('000 tonnes) |   Production ('000 tonnes) |
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh      |              1 |                       74 |                         14 |
| Assam                  |             12 |                      290 |                        215 |
| Bihar                  |             42 |                     1006 |                        671 |
| Jharkhand              |            133 |                    14717 |                      14178 |
| Meghalaya              |             12 |                      308 |                        119 |
| Odisha                 |             95 |                    17564 |                      11344 |
| Tripura                |              1 |                       30 |                         16 |
| West Bengal            |             88 |                     5857 |                       4810 |
| Eastern Region Total   |            384 |                    39846 |                      31366 |
| Chhattisgarh           |             63 |                     6959 |                       5691 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli |             21 |                      274 |                        258 |
| Daman And Diu          |              3 |                       44 |                         33 |
| Goa                    |             20 |                      716 |                        698 |
| Gujarat                |             54 |                    11788 |                       5092 |
| Madhya Pradesh         |             13 |                      231 |                        169 |
| Maharashtra            |             67 |                    10019 |                       6586 |
| Western Region Total   |            241 |                    30031 |                      18527 |
| Chandigarh             |              2 |                       77 |                        132 |
| Delhi                  |              2 |                       14 |                         11 |
| Haryana                |             15 |                      869 |                        745 |
| Himachal Pradesh       |             21 |                      691 |                        616 |
| Jammu And Kashmir      |              8 |                      170 |                        133 |
| Punjab                 |            120 |                     2807 |                       2290 |
| Rajasthan              |             50 |                     1172 |                        953 |
| Uttar Pradesh          |             69 |                     1643 |                       1217 |
| Uttarakhand            |             21 |                      349 |                        334 |
| Northern Region Total  |            308 |                     7792 |                       6432 |
| Andhra Pradesh         |             29 |                     1457 |                        932 |
| Karnataka              |             27 |                    13389 |                      11014 |
| Kerala                 |             36 |                      616 |                        372 |
| Puducherry             |             17 |                      488 |                        200 |
| Tamil Nadu             |            101 |                     3187 |                       2131 |
| Telangana              |             37 |                     1346 |                        896 |
| Southern Region Total  |            247 |                    20483 |                      15545 |
| PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL   |           1180 |                    98152 |                      71871 |
| PUBLIC SECTOR TOTAL    |              9 |                    23819 |                      17920 |
| ALL TOTAL              |           1189 |                   121971 |                      89791 |

Source: JPC