Lok Sabha Question No. 2426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Steel Plants in North East
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2426 FOR ANSWER ON 08/07/2019

## STEEL PLANTS IN NORTH EAST

2426.  SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steel plants in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether any steel plant is established in North East, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to establish new plants in the country particularly in Assam and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  present  status  of  Dagaon  Steel  plant  of  undivided  Kamrup  district  of Assam?

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

(a)&(b): The details of steel plants in the country, State-wise are given at Annexure-I and  the  state wise number of downstream  industries  operating in North East during 2018-19 (prov) is given below:-

| Number of downstream industries (Re-Rolling/GP/GC) operating in North East in 2018-19 (provisional)   | Number of downstream industries (Re-Rolling/GP/GC) operating in North East in 2018-19 (provisional)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                                 | Number of downstream industries                                                                       |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     |
| ASSAM                                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                     |
| MANIPUR                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                     |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                             | 6                                                                                                     |
| TRIPURA                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                     |
| Source : JPC                                                                                          | Source : JPC                                                                                          |

- (c) No, Sir.
- (d) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) had taken up a Project for installation of Hot  Dip  Galvanizing  Line  (HDGL)  at  Dagaon,  Assam  in  1997.  A  Joint  Venture Company was incorporated in the year 2005. However, the project could not be set up  due  to  lack  of  infrastructure,  non  allocation  of  land  to  SAIL  by  the  State Government and non availability  of  fiscal  incentives  like  concessional  excise  duty, income tax benefits, backward area concession, purchase & price preference, etc.

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## Annexure-I

## (Reply to the point No. (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2426 for answer on 08.07.2019)

## PRIVATE SECTOR                                                          PUBLIC SECTOR

| EASTERN REGION         | EASTERN REGION   |
|------------------------|------------------|
| STATE                  | UNITS            |
| Assam                  | 9                |
| Bihar                  | 42               |
| Jharkhand              | 139              |
| Meghalaya              | 7                |
| Odisha                 | 68               |
| Tripura                | 1                |
| West Bengal            | 46               |
| Eastern Region Total   | 312              |
| WESTERN REGION         |                  |
| Chhattisgarh           | 77               |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 18               |
| Daman and Diu          | 3                |
| Goa                    | 14               |
| Gujarat                | 59               |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 10               |
| Maharashtra            | 64               |
| Western Region Total   | 245              |
| NORTHERN REGION        | NORTHERN REGION  |
| Delhi                  | 2                |
| Haryana                | 10               |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 19               |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 8                |
| Punjab                 | 119              |
| Rajasthan              | 39               |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 41               |
| Uttarakhand            | 23               |
| Northern Region Total  | 261              |
| SOUTHERN REGION        | SOUTHERN REGION  |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 29               |
| Karnataka              | 29               |
| Kerala                 | 35               |
| Puducherry             | 11               |
| Tamil Nadu             | 101              |
| Telangana              | 33               |
| Southern Region Total  | 238              |
| Total: Private Sector  | 1056             |
| Total: Public Sector   | 9                |
| All Region Total       | 1065             |
| Source: JPC            |                  |

| STATE                                | UNITS                                                                       |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) | Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL)                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                         | Bhilai Steel Plant                                                          |
| West Bengal                          | Durgapur Steel Plant IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur |
| Odisha                               | Rourkela Steel Plant                                                        |
| Jharkhand                            | Bokaro Steel Plant                                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                           | Salem Steel Plant                                                           |
| Karnataka                            | Visvesverya Iron & Steel PlantL                                             |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL)    | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL)                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                       | Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant                                                  |

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