Lok Sabha Question No. 1325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Steel Plants in West Bengal
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1325 FOR ANSWER ON 10/02/2020

## STEEL PLANTS IN WEST BENGAL

1325.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of steel plants in the country and the number of steel plants which are in operational mode and closed at present especially in the West Bengal;
- (b) the reasons for their closure along with futuristic step taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?
- (a) Data on number of steel plants in the country including West Bengal which are open and temporarily closed for the year 2018-19 are listed in Annexure-I .

| ANSWER                |                           |
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
| THE MINISTER OF STEEL | (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN) |

(b)&(c):  Steel  is  a  deregulated  sector,  and  the  role  of  the  Government  is  that  of  a facilitator.  The  decision  regarding  operation/closure  of  steel  plants  is  taken  by individual  steel  companies  from  time  to  time,  based  on  commercial  considerations and market dynamics.

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Annexure-I Reply to the Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1325 for answer on 10.02.2020.

| Crude Steel: State Wise No. of Units (Year 2018-19)   | Crude Steel: State Wise No. of Units (Year 2018-19)   | Crude Steel: State Wise No. of Units (Year 2018-19)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                 | Temporary Closed Units                                | Open Units                                            |
| EASTERN REGION                                        | EASTERN REGION                                        | EASTERN REGION                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                     | -                                                     | 3                                                     |
| Assam                                                 | 4                                                     | 8                                                     |
| Bihar                                                 | 5                                                     | 20                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                             | 15                                                    | 65                                                    |
| Meghalaya                                             | 5                                                     | 7                                                     |
| Odisha                                                | 11                                                    | 63                                                    |
| Tripura                                               | -                                                     | 1                                                     |
| West Bengal                                           | 28                                                    | 51                                                    |
| Eastern Region Total                                  | 68                                                    | 218                                                   |
| WESTERN REGION                                        | WESTERN REGION                                        | WESTERN REGION                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                                          | 14                                                    | 77                                                    |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                | -                                                     | 20                                                    |
| Daman and Diu                                         | -                                                     | 3                                                     |
| Goa                                                   | 6                                                     | 12                                                    |
| Gujarat                                               | 2                                                     | 66                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                        | 4                                                     | 11                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                           | 17                                                    | 56                                                    |
| Western Region Total                                  | 43                                                    | 245                                                   |
| NORTHERN REGION                                       | NORTHERN REGION                                       | NORTHERN REGION                                       |
| Delhi                                                 | -                                                     | 2                                                     |
| Haryana                                               | -                                                     | 10                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                      | 2                                                     | 21                                                    |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                     | -                                                     | 8                                                     |
| Punjab                                                | 4                                                     | 117                                                   |
| Rajasthan                                             | 2                                                     | 41                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                         | 10                                                    | 46                                                    |
| Uttarakhand                                           | -                                                     | 37                                                    |
| Northern Region Total                                 | 18                                                    | 282                                                   |
| SOUTHERN REGION                                       | SOUTHERN REGION                                       | SOUTHERN REGION                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                                        | 6                                                     | 27                                                    |
| Karnataka                                             | -                                                     | 31                                                    |
| Kerala                                                | 4                                                     | 35                                                    |
| Puducherry                                            | 7                                                     | 10                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu                                            | 11                                                    | 102                                                   |
| Telangana                                             | 11                                                    | 27                                                    |
| Southern Region Total                                 | 39                                                    | 232                                                   |
| All Region Total                                      | 168                                                   | 977                                                   |
| Source: JPC                                           |                                                       |                                                       |