Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: Steel based Industries
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*187

## FOR ANSWER ON 02/12/2019

## STEEL BASED INDUSTRIES

- *187.  DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI: Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state: (a) the total number of steel based industries in the country, State-wise; (b) the volume of export and import of raw steel and steel products during the last three years; (c) the  plant-wise  details  of  the  estimated  volume  of  raw  coal  and  iron  ore required for Government-owned steel plants for each of the next three years; (d) whether  indigenous  production  volume  of  coal  and  iron  ore  is  sufficient  to meet the demands of the steel sector and if so, the details thereof; and (e) the volume of coal and iron supplied against their total demand? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STEEL (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN) (a)to(e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (E)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *187 FOR ANSWER ON 02/12/2019 ASKED BY DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'STEEL BASED INDUSTRIES'

- (a) The total number of steel industry in the country in 2018-19 stood at 1217. State-wise details of existing steel industries is given at Annexure. Further, as per the newly launched 'Steel Import Monitoring System' (SIMS), for monitoring all steel imports  in  the  country,  its  usage  in  all  HS  code  tariff  lines  (industries)  will  be captured.
- (b) Details  of  import  &  export  of  raw  steel  and  steel  products  during  last  three years are given below:-
- (c) The  details  of  requirement  of  iron  ore  and  coking  coal  in  respect  of  three CPSE companies for each of the next three years are as under:-
- (d) The  production  of  iron  ore  in  the  country  is  sufficient  to  meet  the  current demand/consumption  by  domestic  steel  industry.  However,  the  entire  demand  of coking coal is not met from the domestic production as the supply of coking coal in the country is limited and thus no option is left but to resort to import of coking coal.
- (e) The supply of iron ore during last year i.e. 2018-19 was 207.7 MT against its demand of 189 MT.
- During 2018-19 the total demand of coking coal for steel industry was 58.37 MT. Out of this 54.80 MT were met through imports and 1.6 MT was provided by Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and remaining was catered by SAIL and TATA Steel.

|                                       | Raw Steel & Steel Products (in mt)    | Raw Steel & Steel Products (in mt)    |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Year                                  | Import                                | Export                                |
| 2016-17                               | 9.40                                  | 12.99                                 |
| 2017-18                               | 9.89                                  | 15.41                                 |
| 2018-19                               | 10.83                                 | 11.97                                 |
| Source: JPC & DGFT; mt=million tonnes | Source: JPC & DGFT; mt=million tonnes | Source: JPC & DGFT; mt=million tonnes |

|                                         |         | Requirement (in Million Tonnes)   | Requirement (in Million Tonnes)   |
|-----------------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                                         |         | Iron Ore                          | Coking Coal                       |
| Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | 2020-21 | 33.825                            | 18.45                             |
| Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | 2021-22 | 34.65                             | 18.90                             |
| Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | 2022-23 | 35.475                            | 19.35                             |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL)            | 2020-21 | 11.6                              | 5.56                              |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL)            | 2021-22 | 12.1                              | 6.03                              |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL)            | 2022-23 | 12.1                              | 5.68                              |
| Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL)    | 2020-21 | 1.76                              | 0.99                              |
| Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL)    | 2021-22 | 1.92                              | 1.08                              |
| Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL)    | 2022-23 | 3.0                               | 1.8                               |

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  AS  REFFERED  TO  PARTS  (A)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *187 FOR ANSWER ON 02/12/2019 TABLED BY  DR.  RAMAPATI  RAM  TRIPATHI  MEMBER  OF  LOK  SABHA  REGARDING 'STEEL BASED INDUSTRIES'

| State                  | Units           |
|------------------------|-----------------|
| EASTERN REGION         | EASTERN REGION  |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 3               |
| Assam                  | 4               |
| Bihar                  | 21              |
| Jharkhand              | 46              |
| Meghalaya              | 5               |
| Odisha                 | 44              |
| Tripura                | 1               |
| West Bengal            | 58              |
| Eastern Region Total   | 182             |
| WESTERN REGION         | WESTERN REGION  |
| Chhattisgarh           | 108             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 5               |
| Goa                    | 9               |
| Gujarat                | 112             |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 33              |
| Maharashtra            | 105             |
| Western Region Total   | 372             |
| NORTHERN REGION        | NORTHERN REGION |
| Delhi                  | 2               |
| Haryana                | 17              |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 18              |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 17              |
| Punjab                 | 232             |
| Rajasthan              | 64              |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 80              |
| Uttarakhand            | 8               |
| Chandigarh             | 3               |
| Northern Region Total  | 441             |
| SOUTHERN REGION        | SOUTHERN REGION |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 28              |
| Karnataka              | 19              |
| Kerala                 | 30              |
| Puducherry             | 9               |
| Tamil Nadu             | 82              |
| Telangana              | 54              |
| Southern Region Total  | 222             |
| All Region Total       | 1217            |

Source: JPC