Lok Sabha Question No. 1530 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Production of Steel
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, Sunil Kumar Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1530 FOR ANSWER ON 01/07/2019

## PRODUCTION OF STEEL

1530.  SHRI DILIP SAIKIA: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the Steel production capacity of the country at present including the details of the units engaged in Steel production and mining;

(b) the places where Government, Semi-Government and Non-Government units of the Government are producing Steel, State-wise;

- (c) whether the production of these plants/units is adequate and if not, whether the Government has any plan to set up new Steel plants in the country and if so, the name of the places where the Government proposes to set up new Steel plants;
- (d) the time by which any decision in this regard is likely to be made along with the  capacity  of  the  Steel  plants  proposed/under  consideration  of  the  Government; and
- (e) the name of the institute/agency entrusted with the responsibility of setting up of the said plants at different places along with the complete details thereof?

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

(a)&(b): The Steel production capacity of the country at present including the details of  the  units  engaged  in  Steel  production  are  given  at Annexure. As  per  Indian Mineral  yearbook,  2017  published  by  Indian  Bureau  of  Mines, there  were  296 reporting mines in 2016-17. Among them, 34 mines were in the Public Sector and 262 in the Private Sector.

(c) Data on gross production, export and consumption of finished steel is given below for the last two years and current year which indicates that gross production has exceeded domestic consumption of the same in each of these periods.

| Year                     | Total Finished Steel (mt)   | Total Finished Steel (mt)   | Total Finished Steel (mt)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Year                     | Gross Production            | Export                      | Consumption                 |
| 2017-18                  | 126.856                     | 9.619                       | 90.708                      |
| 2018-19*                 | 131.572                     | 6.361                       | 97.536                      |
| April-May2019*           | 21.91                       | 0.716                       | 16.33                       |
| Source: JPC;*provisional | Source: JPC;*provisional    | Source: JPC;*provisional    | Source: JPC;*provisional    |

(d) Does not arise.

(e) Steel being a deregulated sector, specific decision of setting up of the steel plant and its location is taken by individual steel companies/investors on the basis of commercial consideration and market dynamics.

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## Annexure

## Reply to the point No. (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1530 for answer on 01.07.2019

## Details of Steel Production Capacity & No of units, State Wise 2018-19 (prov.)

| A) PUBLIC SECTOR    | A) PUBLIC SECTOR                       | A) PUBLIC SECTOR   | A) PUBLIC SECTOR   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|                     |                                        | ('000t)            | ('000t)            |
| State               | Unit                                   | Capacity           | Production         |
| Chhattisgarh        | Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)               | 3925               | 4447               |
| West Bengal         | Durgapur Steel Plant(DSP)              | 1802               | 2219               |
| Odisha              | Rourkela Steel Plant(RSP)              | 4400               | 3658               |
| Jharkhand           | Bokaro Steel Plant(BSL)                | 4360               | 3833               |
| West Bengal         | IISCO Steel Plant(ISP)                 | 2500               | 1888               |
| West Bengal         | Alloy Steel Plant(ASP)                 | 234                | 101                |
| Tamil Nadu          | Salem Steel Plant(SSP)                 | 180                | 117                |
| Karnataka           | Visveswaraya Iron & Steel Plant(VISL)  | 118                | 0                  |
| TOTAL:              | Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) | 17519              | 16263              |
| Andhra Pradesh      | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited(RINL)    | 6300               | 5233               |
| TOTAL Public Sector | TOTAL Public Sector                    | 23819              | 21496              |

| B) PRIVATE SECTOR      | B) PRIVATE SECTOR   | B) PRIVATE SECTOR   | B) PRIVATE SECTOR   |
|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|                        |                     | ('000t)             | ('000t)             |
| State                  | Units               | Capacity            | Production          |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 29                  | 1905                | 1617                |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 1                   | 74                  | 37                  |
| Assam                  | 9                   | 314                 | 79                  |
| Bihar                  | 42                  | 1138                | 536                 |
| Chhattisgarh           | 77                  | 12539               | 8292                |
| Goa                    | 14                  | 509                 | 408                 |
| Gujarat                | 59                  | 12337               | 8232                |
| Haryana                | 10                  | 931                 | 764                 |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 19                  | 698                 | 694                 |
| Jammu And Kashmir      | 8                   | 187                 | 130                 |
| Jharkhand              | 139                 | 15635               | 12752               |
| Karnataka              | 29                  | 14148               | 12677               |
| Kerala                 | 35                  | 622                 | 332                 |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 10                  | 170                 | 482                 |
| Maharashtra            | 64                  | 10884               | 8670                |
| Meghalaya              | 7                   | 185                 | 61                  |
| Odisha                 | 68                  | 22839               | 14879               |
| Punjab                 | 119                 | 3878                | 3435                |
| Rajasthan              | 39                  | 1093                | 1101                |
| Tamil Nadu             | 101                 | 4136                | 2776                |
| Telangana              | 33                  | 1774                | 1212                |
| Tripura                | 1                   | 30                  | 6                   |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 41                  | 1245                | 1257                |
| Uttarakhand            | 23                  | 604                 | 1017                |
| West Bengal            | 46                  | 5592                | 3104                |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli | 18                  | 291                 | 277                 |
| Daman And Diu          | 3                   | 41                  | 47                  |
| Delhi                  | 2                   | 14                  | 12                  |
| Puducherry             | 11                  | 343                 | 181                 |
| Total: Private Sector  | 1057                | 114156              | 85068               |
| Total: Public Sector   | 9                   | 23819               | 21496               |
| All Region Total       | 1066                | 137975              | 106564              |
| Source: JPC            |                     |                     |                     |