Lok Sabha Question No. 3568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Supply of Steel to Railways
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Kapil Moreshwar Patil

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3568 FOR ANSWER ON 15/07/2019

## SUPPLY OF STEEL TO RAILWAYS

## 3568.  DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of production and supply of various products by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to the Railways during the last three years;
- (b) whether SAIL has entered into any agreement with the Railways for production of special steel for rail tracks and coaches and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether SAIL plans to set up a coach manufacturing plant in a joint venture with the Indian Railways and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of progress made in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

- (a) The details of production and supply of various products by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to the Railways during last three years has been as under:-

## Total Production:

| FINANCIAL YEAR   | RAILS (UTS 90)   |   WHEELS | AXLES   |   FLAT PRODUCTS |   OTHER LONG PRODUCTS | STAINLESS STEEL   | ALLOY STEEL   |
|------------------|------------------|----------|---------|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| 649.3            | 24.7             |      2.4 | 7394    |            5566 |                   111 | 109               | 2016-17       |
| 2017-18 902.7    | 23.8             |      2   |         |            7480 |                  5474 | 85 106            |               |
| 2018-19 985.0    |                  |     20.8 | 2.4     |            7903 |                  5934 | 99                | 126           |

## Supply to Railways:

| FINANCIAL YEAR   |   RAILS (UTS 90) | WHEELS   |   AXLES | FLAT PRODUCTS   |   OTHER LONG PRODUCTS | STAINLESS STEEL   | ALLOY STEEL   |
|------------------|------------------|----------|---------|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| 620              |             23.4 | 2.3      |    64.7 | 9.4             |                  25.1 | 26.7              | 2016-17       |
| 874              |             24.3 | 2        |    64.5 |                 |                  11   | 10.6 22.4         | 2017-18       |
| 2018-19 945      |             21.2 |          |     2.4 | 54.2            |                   8.1 | 6.4               | 30.9          |

(in '000 ton)

(in '000 ton)

- (b) SAIL and Indian Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on  1 st February,  2003  for  supply  of  Rails.  The  main  features  of  the  MoU  are mentioned below:-

Contd……….2/-

-  Railways commit to buy from SAIL its total requirement of long rails/ long rail panels,  as  also  the  balance  of  its  normal  requirements  in  other  lengths  like 13m, 26m, etc. subject to annual review within the overall policies of Govt. of India.
-  SAIL/BSP to meet the Railways' requirement as per mutually agreed delivery schedule
-  The joint  pricing  committee  of  Indian  Railways  and  SAIL  to  recommend  the price of rails.
-  Railways to make all efforts to arrange for regular and unhindered transportation  of the  long  rails/long  welded  panels  from  Bhilai  Steel  Plant  to enable SAIL to meet its supply commitments.
- (c) No Sir.
- (d) Does not arise.

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