Lok Sabha Question No. 1401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Steel Plants
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Rodmal Nagar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1401 FOR ANSWER ON 01/07/2019

## STEEL PLANTS

1401.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  State-wise  number  and  details  of  the  steel  plants  established  by  the Government and other enterprises in the country at present;
- (b) whether the Government Private Sector proposes to establish any steel plant in the near future;
- (c) if so, the time by which it is likely to be done;
- (d) whether any announcement has been made by the Prime Minister regarding setting up of any new steel plant in Jharkhand and if so, the progress report thereof; and
- (e) the progress made towards setting up of steel plant in Jharkhand and the time by which it is likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

- (a) The  State-wise  number  and  details  of  the  Steel  plants  established  by  the Government and other enterprises in the country at present are given at Annexure .
- (b) There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government.
- (c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.

(d)&(e): No, Sir.  However, to promote a Steel SPV in the state of Jharkhand, an MoU between Ministry of Steel, Government of Jharkhand and NMDC was signed on 28 th June, 2015.  Owing to non-allocation of captive iron ore mining lease by the State Government, the steel plant could not be set up.

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## Annexure

## (Reply to the point No. (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1401 for answer on 01.07.2019)

## 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   | 313              |
| WESTERN REGION         | 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  | 1057             |
| Total: Public Sector   | 9                |
| All Region Total       | 1066             |

| 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                                                  |