Lok Sabha Question No. 3847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Cement Production
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU, MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 19 TH  MARCH, 2018.

## CEMENT PRODUCTION

## 3847.  SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU: SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्री

- (a) the details of the total production and consumption of cement in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  operational  public  and  private  sector  cement  plants,  its installed production capacity along with the number of sick/closed plants out of them and the reasons therefor in the country at present;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  encouraging  the  use  of  environment  friendly  fly ash in the cement industry, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the other steps taken by the Government to boost cement production in the country?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्रालयमेंराज् यम त्री(श्री सी.आर.चौधरी) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): The total production of cement in the country during each of the last three years and the current year are as under:-

| Year                          |   Production (in Million Tonnes) |
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2014-15                       |                           270.93 |
| 2015-16                       |                           283.45 |
| 2016-17                       |                           279.79 |
| 2017-18 (up to January, 2018) |                           245.05 |

The details of consumption of cement in the country as well as State/UT wise production data are not maintained by this Department.

- (b): The details of large operational private sector cement plants in the country are at Annexure 'A'. The details of installed production capacity of cement plants and the details of sick and closed cement plants are not maintained by this Department. Details of  operational public sector cement plants and its installed production capacity along with number of sick/closed plants out of them  in the country as provided by Department Heavy Industry are at Annexure 'B'.
- (c): The  production  of  Portland  Pozollana  Cement  (PPC)  in  the  country  is regulated for its quality by Bureau of Indian Standard specification namely IS 1489 (pt-1):2015 which permits the addition of fly ash upto 35 %. There is another BIS specification namely IS 3812(pt-1):2013 which lay down the specifications  for  quality  of  fly  ash  which  could  be  added  during  clinker grinding  stage  to  manufacture  PPC and only that fly ash which  meet the quality parameters as per IS: 3812 is added during clinker grinding stage to manufacture PPC.  In order to further promote and increase the utilization of  fly  ash,  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  has  formulated  a  new  Indian Standards Specification namely IS:16415 -2015, which allows the simultaneous  use  of  fly  ash  and  granulated  blast  furnace  slag  in  the manufacture of composite cement in the country.
- (d): The  Government  of  India  has  provided  a  huge  impetus  to  infrastructure development through its flagship schemes that envisage the development of  houses, roads, toilets, canals, schools, cold chains and airports, which has given a push to cement consumption and production.

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## ANNEXURE 'A'

## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2018

|   S.No. | Company                       | Plant                         |
|---------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|       1 | ACC Limited                   | Damodhar Cement Works         |
|       2 | ACC Limited                   | Bargarh Cement Works          |
|       3 | ACC Limited                   | Chaibasa Cement Works         |
|       4 | ACC Limited                   | Chanda Cement Works           |
|       5 | ACC Limited                   | Gagal Cement Works-I          |
|       6 | ACC Limited                   | Gagal Cement Works-Ii         |
|       7 | ACC Limited                   | Jamul Cement Works            |
|       8 | ACC Limited                   | Kudithini Cement Works        |
|       9 | ACC Limited                   | Kymore Cement Works           |
|      10 | ACC Limited                   | Lakheri Cement Works          |
|      11 | ACC Limited                   | Madhukkarai Cement Works      |
|      12 | ACC Limited                   | New Wadi Cement Works         |
|      13 | ACC Limited                   | Sindri Cement Works           |
|      14 | ACC Limited                   | Thondebhavi Cement Works      |
|      15 | ACC Limited                   | Tikaria Cement Works          |
|      16 | ACC Limited                   | Vizag Cement Works            |
|      17 | ACC Limited                   | Wadi Cement Works             |
|      18 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Ambuja Nagar                  |
|      19 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Bhatapara                     |
|      20 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Bhatinda (G)                  |
|      21 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Dadri (G)                     |
|      22 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Darlaghat                     |
|      23 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Farakka (G)                   |
|      24 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Magdalla (G)                  |
|      25 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Maratha                       |
|      26 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Nalagarh (G)                  |
|      27 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Rabriyawas                    |
|      28 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Roorkee (G)                   |
|      29 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Ropar (G)                     |
|      30 | Ambuja Cement Ltd             | Sankrail (G)                  |
|      31 | Anjani Portland Cement Ltd    | Anjani Portland Cement Ltd    |
|      32 | Asian Concretes Cement Ltd    | Asian Concretes Cement Ltd    |
|      33 | Bharti Cement Corpn. Pvt. Ltd | Bharti Cement Corpn. Pvt. Ltd |
|      34 | Bhavya Cement Ltd             | Bhavya Cement Ltd             |
|      35 | Binani Cement Ltd             | Binani Cement Ltd - Sikar     |
|      36 | Binani Cement Ltd             | Binani Cement Ltd - Sirohi    |
|      37 | Birla Corporation Ltd         | Raebareli Cement Works        |
|      38 | Birla Corporation Ltd         | Chanderia Cement Works        |
|      39 | Birla Corporation Ltd         | Durga Hitech Cement           |

|   40 | Birla Corporation Ltd               | Durgapur Cement Works                         |
|------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|   41 | Birla Corporation Ltd               | Birla Vikas & Satna Cement Works              |
|   42 | Cement Manufacturing Co.Ltd         | Jaintia Hills                                 |
|   43 | Cement Manufacturing Co.Ltd         | Megha T & E Ltd                               |
|   44 | Cement Manufacturing Co.Ltd         | Star Cement Guwahati                          |
|   45 | Century Textiles and Industries Ltd | Century Cement                                |
|   46 | Century Textiles and Industries Ltd | Maihar Cement and Maihar Cement-Unit 2        |
|   47 | Century Textiles and Industries Ltd | Manikgarh Cement and Manikgarh Cement Unit-II |
|   48 | Century Textiles and Industries Ltd | Sonar Bangla Cement                           |
|   49 | Chettinad Cement Corpn. Ltd         | Ariyalur                                      |
|   50 | Chettinad Cement Corpn. Ltd         | Karikali                                      |
|   51 | Chettinad Cement Corpn. Ltd         | Puliyur                                       |
|   52 | Chettinad Cement Corpn. Ltd         | Kallur                                        |
|   53 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Adhunik Cement Ltd                            |
|   54 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Calcom Cement India Ltd                       |
|   55 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Alsthom Industries Ltd.                       |
|   56 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Ariyalur                                      |
|   57 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Belgaum                                       |
|   58 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Bokaro                                        |
|   59 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Dalmiapuram                                   |
|   60 | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd          | Kadapa                                        |
|   61 | Deccan Cement Ltd                   | Decan Cement Ltd                              |
|   62 | Emami Cement Ltd.                   | Panagarh                                      |
|   63 | Emami Cement Ltd.                   | Bhatapara                                     |
|   64 | Goldstone Cements Ltd               | Goldstone Cements Ltd                         |
|   65 | Gujarat Sidhee Cement Ltd           | Gujarat Sidhee Cement Ltd                     |
|   66 | Heidelberg Cement India Ltd         | Ammasandra                                    |
|   67 | Heidelberg Cement India Ltd         | Damoh                                         |
|   68 | Heidelberg Cement India Ltd         | Jhansi                                        |
|   69 | Hemandari Cement Ltd                | Hemandari Cement Ltd                          |
|   70 | India Cements Ltd                   | Chilamkur Works                               |
|   71 | India Cements Ltd                   | Dalavoi                                       |
|   72 | India Cements Ltd                   | Parli                                         |
|   73 | India Cements Ltd                   | Raasi Cement                                  |
|   74 | India Cements Ltd                   | Sankari Durg                                  |
|   75 | India Cements Ltd                   | Sankarnagar                                   |
|   76 | India Cements Ltd                   | Trinetra                                      |
|   77 | India Cements Ltd                   | Visaka Cement                                 |
|   78 | India Cements Ltd                   | Yerraguntla                                   |
|   79 | India Cements Ltd                   | Vallur                                        |
|   80 | J. S. WCement Ltd                   | J. S. WCement Ltd                             |
|   81 | J.K. Cement Ltd                     | Gotan                                         |
|   82 | J.K. Cement Ltd                     | Jharli                                        |
|   83 | J.K. Cement Ltd                     | Mangrol                                       |
|   84 | J.K. Cement Ltd                     | Muddapur                                      |

|   85 | J.K. Cement Ltd                        | Nimbahera                               |
|------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|   86 | Jaiprakash Associates Ltd              | Rewa                                    |
|   87 | Jaiprakash Associates Ltd              | Bhilai                                  |
|   88 | Jaiprakash Associates Ltd              | Sadva Khurd                             |
|   89 | Jaiprakash Associates Ltd              | Durga Cement Works                      |
|   90 | Jaiprakash Associates Ltd              | Visaka Cement Works                     |
|   91 | Jammu & Kashmir Cements Ltd            | Jammu & Kashmir Cement Ltd.             |
|   92 | JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd                  | Jharli                                  |
|   93 | JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd                  | Kalol                                   |
|   94 | JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd                  | Sirohi                                  |
|   95 | K. J. S. Cement Ltd                    | K. J. S. Cement Ltd                     |
|   96 | K.C.P. Ltd                             | Muktyala                                |
|   97 | K.C.P. Ltd                             | Macherla                                |
|   98 | Kalyanpur Cements Ltd                  | Kalyanpur Cements Ltd                   |
|   99 | Kamdhenu Cement Ltd                    | Powercon Cement Ltd                     |
|  100 | Kesoram Cement                         | Basant Nagar                            |
|  101 | Kesoram Cement                         | Vasavadatta                             |
|  102 | Lafarge India (P) Ltd                  | Lafarge India (P) Ltd                   |
|  103 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Alathiyur I & II                        |
|  104 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Ariyalur                                |
|  105 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Jayanthipuram                           |
|  106 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Kolaghat                                |
|  107 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Ramasamyraja Nagar                      |
|  108 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Salem                                   |
|  109 | Madras Cements Ltd                     | Uthiramerur                             |
|  110 | Malabar Cements Ltd                    | Palakkad                                |
|  111 | Malabar Cements Ltd                    | Pallipuram                              |
|  112 | Mancherial Cement Ltd                  | Mancherial Cement Ltd                   |
|  113 | Mangalam Cement Ltd                    | Mangalam Cement Ltd & Neershree         |
|  114 | Mawmluh Cherra Cements Ltd             | Mawmluh Cherra Cements Ltd              |
|  115 | Meghalaya Cements Ltd                  | Meghalaya Cements Ltd.                  |
|  116 | My Home Industries Private Limited     | My Home Industries Ltd                  |
|  117 | My Home Industries Private Limited     | My Home Industries Ltd-Vizag            |
|  118 | OCL India Ltd                          | Kapilas                                 |
|  119 | OCL India Ltd                          | Medinpur                                |
|  120 | OCL India Ltd                          | Rajgangpur                              |
|  121 | Orient Cement                          | Chittapur                               |
|  122 | Orient Cement                          | Devapur                                 |
|  123 | Orient Cement                          | Jalgaon                                 |
|  124 | Panyam Cement & Mineral Industries Ltd | Panyam Cement & Mineral Industries Ltd. |
|  125 | Parasakti Cement Ltd                   | Parasakti Cement Ltd                    |
|  126 | Penna Cement Industries Ltd            | Boyareddypalli                          |
|  127 | Penna Cement Industries Ltd            | Ganeshpahad                             |
|  128 | Penna Cement Industries Ltd            | Tadipatri                               |
|  129 | Penna Cement Industries Ltd            | Tandur                                  |

|   130 | Prism Cement Ltd.                       | Prism Cement Ltd. - I & II              |
|-------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|   131 | Purbanchal Cement Ltd                   | PURBANCHAL CEMENT LIMITED               |
|   132 | Rain Cements Ltd                        | Rain Cements Ltd- UN -I                 |
|   133 | Rain Cements Ltd                        | Rain Cements Ltd- UN- II- Line I        |
|   134 | Rain Cements Ltd                        | Rain Cements Ltd- UN II- Line II        |
|   135 | Reliance Cement Company Private Limited | Reliance Cement Company Private Limited |
|   136 | RNB Cements (P) Ltd                     | RNB Cements (P) Ltd                     |
|   137 | Sagar Cement Ltd                        | Sagar Cement Ltd                        |
|   138 | Sanghi Cement Ltd                       | Sanghi Cement Ltd                       |
|   139 | Sanghi Cement Ltd                       | Sanghi Industries Ltd                   |
|   140 | Saurashtra Cement Ltd                   | Saurashtra Cement Ltd                   |
|   141 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Bangur Cement                           |
|   142 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Unit Panipat                            |
|   143 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Jaipur                                  |
|   144 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Khushkhera                              |
|   145 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Ras                                     |
|   146 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Roorkee                                 |
|   147 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Suratgarh                               |
|   148 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | Beawar                                  |
|   149 | Shree Cement Ltd                        | UP Grinding Unit - Bulandshahr          |
|   150 | Shree Digvijay Cement Co. Ltd           | Shree Digvijay Cement Co. Ltd           |
|   151 | Shree Jagjothi Cement Ltd               | Shree Jagjothi Cement Ltd               |
|   152 | Shriram Cement Works                    | Shriram Cement Works                    |
|   153 | Sree Jayajothi Cements Pvt. Ltd.        | Sree Jayajothi Cements Pvt. Ltd.        |
|   154 | Srikalahasthi pipes limited             | Cement Plant                            |
|   155 | Tamil Nadu Cements Corpn. Ltd.          | Alangulam                               |
|   156 | Tamil Nadu Cements Corpn. Ltd.          | Ariyalur                                |
|   157 | Tatachemicals Ltd                       | Tatachemicals Ltd                       |
|   158 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Baga Cement Works                       |
|   159 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Bagheri Cement Works                    |
|   160 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Balaji Cement Works                     |
|   161 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Bela Cement Works                       |
|   162 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Dalla Cement Works                      |
|   163 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Roorkee Cement Works                    |
|   164 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Sidhi Cement Works                      |
|   165 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Sikandarabad Cement Works               |
|   166 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Tanda Cement Works                      |
|   167 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Birla White                             |
|   168 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Dankuni Cement Works                    |
|   169 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Jhajjar                                 |
|   170 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Nagpur                                  |
|   171 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Patliputra Cement Works                 |
|   172 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Sewagram Cement Works                   |
|   173 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Wanakbori                               |
|   174 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | AP Cement Works                         |
|   175 | UltraTech Cement Ltd                    | Hirmi Cement Works                      |

|   176 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Gujarat Cement Works      |
|-------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|   177 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Jafrabad CementWorks      |
|   178 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Magdalla Cement Works     |
|   179 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Panipat Cement Works      |
|   180 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Rawan Cement Works        |
|   181 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Aditya Cement Works       |
|   182 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Aligarh Cement Works      |
|   183 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Arakkonam Cement Works    |
|   184 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Awarpur Cement Works      |
|   185 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Bathinda Cement Works     |
|   186 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Dadri Cement Works        |
|   187 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Ginigera Cement Works (G) |
|   188 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Hotgi Cement Works        |
|   189 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Jharsuguda Cement Works   |
|   190 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Kotputli Cement Works     |
|   191 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Rajashree Cement Works    |
|   192 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Ratnagiri Cement Works    |
|   193 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Reddipalayam Cement Works |
|   194 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | Vikram Cement Works       |
|   195 | UltraTech Cement Ltd   | West Bengal Cement Works  |
|   196 | Viket Sagar Cement     | Viket Sagar Cement        |
|   197 | Wonder Cement Ltd      | Wonder Cement Ltd         |
|   198 | Zuari Cement Ltd       | Chennai                   |
|   199 | Zuari Cement Ltd       | Krishnanagar              |
|   200 | Zuari Cement Ltd       | Sri Vishnu Cement         |

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## ANNEXURE 'B'

## ANNEXURE  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2018

| Operational public sector cement plants   | Operational public sector cement plants   | Operational public sector cement plants   | Operational public sector cement plants   |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                     | Company                                   | Plant                                     | Capacity (Lakh MT per annum)              |
| 1                                         | Cement Corporation of India Ltd           | Bokajan                                   | 1.98                                      |
| 2                                         | Cement Corporation of India Ltd           | Rajban                                    | 2.48                                      |
| 3                                         | Cement Corporation of India Ltd           | Tandur                                    | 10.00                                     |
| Total                                     | Total                                     | Total                                     | 14.46                                     |

| Sick/closed public sector cement plants                                                                                                       | Sick/closed public sector cement plants                                                                                                       | Sick/closed public sector cement plants                                                                                                       | Sick/closed public sector cement plants                                                                                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                                                         | Company                                                                                                                                       | Plant                                                                                                                                         | Capacity (Lakh MT per annum)                                                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Mandhar                                                                                                                                       | 3.80                                                                                                                                          |
| 2                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Kurkunta                                                                                                                                      | 1.98                                                                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Nayagaon                                                                                                                                      | 4.00                                                                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Akaltara                                                                                                                                      | 4.00                                                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Chakhi Dadri                                                                                                                                  | 1.74                                                                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Adilabad                                                                                                                                      | 4.00                                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                                                             | Cement Corporation of India Ltd                                                                                                               | Delhi                                                                                                                                         | 5.00                                                                                                                                          |
| Total                                                                                                                                         | Total                                                                                                                                         | Total                                                                                                                                         | 24.52                                                                                                                                         |
| The above seven non-operation plants of CCI became sick mainly due to obselete technology, locational disadvantages and low scale operations. | The above seven non-operation plants of CCI became sick mainly due to obselete technology, locational disadvantages and low scale operations. | The above seven non-operation plants of CCI became sick mainly due to obselete technology, locational disadvantages and low scale operations. | The above seven non-operation plants of CCI became sick mainly due to obselete technology, locational disadvantages and low scale operations. |

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