Lok Sabha Question No. 1793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Units Engaged in Steel Mining and Production
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1793 FOR ANSWER ON 27/07/2022

## UNITS ENGAGED IN STEEL MINING AND PRODUCTION

1793. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI :

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the units engaged in steel mining and production in the country at present including their production capacity;
- (b) the details of the locations where Government and private units are producing steel, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to improve and enhance the steel production?

## ANSWER

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL

- (a)&(b) State-wise details (number and capacity) of steel units (public and private) in the  country  during  2021-22  is  at Annexure -  I .  As  per  Indian  Mineral  Year  Book, 2020 published by Indian Bureau of Mines, there were 250 reporting mines in 201920, out of which 36 mines were in the Public Sector and 214 in the Private Sector.
- (c) Steel  is  a  deregulated  sector  and  the  role  of  the  Government  is  that  of  a facilitator.  Decision  regarding  the  increase  of  the  steel  production  is  taken  by individual company (both private and public sector) based on market dynamics. The following steps have been taken by the Government to increase steel production in the country: -
- (i) Notification of Domestically Manufactured Iron & Steel Products (DMI&SP) Policy for promoting procurement of Made in India steel.
- (ii) Notification of Steel Scrap Recycling Policy to enhance the availability of domestically generated scrap.
- (iii) Issuance of Steel Quality Control Orders to stop manufacturing and import of non-standardized steel.
- (iv) Production-Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  Specialty  Steel  with  an outlay of ₹6,322 crores.
- (v) Establishment  of  Project  Development  Cell  in  the  Ministry  to  attract  and facilitate investment in the steel sector.

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## Annexure - I

| Crude Steel: State Wise, Sector-wise Scenario, 2021-22   | Crude Steel: State Wise, Sector-wise Scenario, 2021-22   | Crude Steel: State Wise, Sector-wise Scenario, 2021-22   | Crude Steel: State Wise, Sector-wise Scenario, 2021-22   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| A) PUBLIC SECTOR                                         | A) PUBLIC SECTOR                                         | A) PUBLIC SECTOR                                         | A) PUBLIC SECTOR                                         |
| State                                                    | Unit                                                     | Capacity ('000t)                                         | Production('000t)                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                                             | Bhilai Steel Plant                                       | 7000                                                     | 4875                                                     |
| West Bengal                                              | Durgapur Steel Plant                                     | 2200                                                     | 2229                                                     |
| Odisha                                                   | Rourkela Steel Plant                                     | 3800                                                     | 3987                                                     |
| Jharkhand                                                | Bokaro Steel Plant                                       | 4600                                                     | 3835                                                     |
| West Bengal                                              | IISCO Steel Plant                                        | 2500                                                     | 2227                                                     |
| West Bengal                                              | Alloy Steels Plant                                       | 234                                                      | 91                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                                               | Salem Steel Plant                                        | 180                                                      | 119                                                      |
| Karnataka                                                | Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Ltd.                         | 118                                                      | 0                                                        |
| TOTAL: Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL)               | TOTAL: Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL)               | 20632                                                    | 17363                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                                           | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.(RINL)                         | 6300                                                     | 5272                                                     |
| TOTAL Public Sector                                      | TOTAL Public Sector                                      | 26932                                                    | 22636                                                    |

| B) PRIVATE SECTOR      | B) PRIVATE SECTOR   | B) PRIVATE SECTOR   | B) PRIVATE SECTOR   |
|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| State                  | Units               | Capacity ('000t)    | Production('000t)   |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 1                   | 72                  | 69                  |
| Assam                  | 8                   | 163                 | 108                 |
| Bihar                  | 12                  | 812                 | 529                 |
| Jharkhand              | 25                  | 15906               | 13260               |
| Meghalaya              | 6                   | 201                 | 56                  |
| Odisha                 | 56                  | 20787               | 19254               |
| Tripura                | 1                   | 30                  | 17                  |
| West Bengal            | 42                  | 6469                | 4288                |
| Chhattisgarh           | 94                  | 13900               | 10024               |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 14                  | 286                 | 253                 |
| Daman and Diu          | 3                   | 50                  | 46                  |
| Goa                    | 10                  | 495                 | 407                 |
| Gujarat                | 75                  | 13512               | 9189                |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 13                  | 987                 | 569                 |
| Maharashtra            | 62                  | 18038               | 11370               |
| Delhi                  | 2                   | 16                  | 5                   |
| Haryana                | 15                  | 1056                | 941                 |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 26                  | 1740                | 1265                |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 8                   | 189                 | 146                 |
| Punjab                 | 117                 | 5506                | 3663                |
| Rajasthan              | 28                  | 933                 | 621                 |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 39                  | 1606                | 1197                |
| Uttarakhand            | 40                  | 1512                | 991                 |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 19                  | 2212                | 1824                |
| Karnataka              | 25                  | 14131               | 13045               |
| Kerala                 | 27                  | 473                 | 325                 |
| Puducherry             | 10                  | 451                 | 215                 |
| Tamil Nadu             | 87                  | 3564                | 2514                |
| Telangana              | 27                  | 2033                | 1464                |
| Total: Private Sector  | 892                 | 127130              | 97658               |

| All India (Public and Private Sector)   | All India (Public and Private Sector)   | All India (Public and Private Sector)   | All India (Public and Private Sector)   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sector                                  | Units                                   | Capacity('000t)                         | Production('000t)                       |
| Public Sector                           | 9                                       | 26932                                   | 22636                                   |
| Private Sector                          | 892                                     | 127130                                  | 97658                                   |
| Total                                   | 901                                     | 154062                                  | 120294                                  |