Lok Sabha Question No. 642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Steel Production
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.642 FOR ANSWER ON 01/12/2021

## STEEL PRODUCTION

642. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise details of the percentage/ratio of total production and demand of steel in the country during the last two years;
- (b) the  details  of  the  names  of  the  countries  from  which  India  imports  steel including the percentage thereof during the last two years along with the percentage it amounts to in terms of the total requirement of the country; and
- (c) the details of the comprehensive steps taken by the Government to increase production of steel in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STEEL

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

- (a) State-wise details of the percentage of total production and demand of steel in the  country  during  the  last  two  years  are  given  at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
- (b) The country-wise details of imports of finished steel during the last two years along with percentage thereof is given at Annexure-III .
- (c) The Government has taken the following steps to increase production of steel in the country:-
- (1) Notification of National Steel Policy 2017 which envisages inter-alia domestically  meeting  the  entire  demand  of  steel  and  high-grade  automotive steel, electrical steel, special steel and alloys for strategic applications
- (2) Domestically Manufactured Iron & Steel products (DMI&SP)  Policy for promoting procurement of Made in India steel by Government agencies.
- (3) Notification  of  Steel  Scrap  Policy  to  enhance  the  availability  of  domestically generated scrap.
- (4) Issuance of Steel Quality Control Order to stop manufacturing and import of non-standardized steel.
- (5) Notification of Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) for advanced registration of steel imports.
- (6) Notification  of  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  Specialty  Steel with an outlay of Rs 6,322 crores.
- (7) Engagement  with  various  stakeholders  including  industry  association  and leaders  of  domestic  steel  industry  to  address  their  issues  by  the  concerned Ministries/Departments of the Central Government and State Governments.
- (8) Engagement  with  relevant  stakeholders  including  from  Railways,  Defence, Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas,  Housing,  Civil  Aviation,  Road  Transport  and Highways,  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  sectors  to  enhance  the  steel usage and overall demand for steel in the country.
- (9) Establishment  of  Project  Development  Cell  in  the  Ministry  to  attract  and facilitate investment in the steel sector.

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Annexure-I State-wise details of percentage of total Finished Steel Production

## during last two years:

|                                          | 2019-20            | 2019-20   | 2020-21            | 2020-21   |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|
| State                                    | Production ('000t) | % Share   | Production ('000t) | % Share   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 16                 | 0         | 0                  | 0         |
| Assam                                    | 62                 | 0         | 73                 | 0         |
| Bihar                                    | 666                | 1         | 647                | 1         |
| Jharkhand                                | 16499              | 16        | 14766              | 15        |
| Meghalaya                                | 58                 | 0         | 41                 | 0         |
| Odisha                                   | 17109              | 17        | 16957              | 18        |
| Tripura                                  | 14                 | 0         | 7                  | 0         |
| West Bengal                              | 5334               | 5         | 5197               | 5         |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 10516              | 10        | 10070              | 10        |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 206                | 0         | 115                | 0         |
| Goa                                      | 522                | 1         | 380                | 0         |
| Gujarat                                  | 9240               | 9         | 8779               | 9         |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 543                | 1         | 497                | 1         |
| Maharashtra                              | 8683               | 8         | 8677               | 9         |
| Delhi                                    | 13                 | 0         | 25                 | 0         |
| Haryana                                  | 580                | 1         | 642                | 1         |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 786                | 1         | 655                | 1         |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        | 268                | 0         | 244                | 0         |
| Punjab                                   | 4453               | 4         | 4390               | 5         |
| Rajasthan                                | 1982               | 2         | 1692               | 2         |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 2421               | 2         | 1898               | 2         |
| Uttarakhand                              | 685                | 1         | 571                | 1         |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 5165               | 5         | 4207               | 4         |
| Karnataka                                | 11630              | 11        | 10856              | 11        |
| Kerala                                   | 465                | 0         | 441                | 0         |
| Puducherry                               | 322                | 0         | 308                | 0         |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 2646               | 3         | 2340               | 2         |
| Telangana                                | 1737               | 2         | 1728               | 2         |
| Total                                    | 102621             | 100       | 96204              | 100       |

Source: JPC (Joint Plant Committee)

## Annexure-II

State-wise details of percentage of total Finished Steel consumption during

## last two years:

| State                                    | 2019-20      | 2019-20   | 2020-21      | 2020-21   |
|------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|                                          | Qty. ('000t) | % Share   | Qty. ('000t) | % Share   |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 2288         | 2         | 2188         | 2         |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 565          | 0         | 537          | 0         |
| Goa                                      | 448          | 0         | 433          | 0         |
| Gujarat                                  | 7836         | 8         | 7764         | 8         |
| Maharashtra                              | 13568        | 14        | 3137         | 3         |
| Madya Pradesh                            | 3410         | 3         | 13131        | 14        |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 10           | 0         | 4            | 0         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 6            | 0         | 14           | 0         |
| Assam                                    | 568          | 1         | 593          | 1         |
| Bihar                                    | 3209         | 3         | 3317         | 4         |
| Jharkhand                                | 3981         | 4         | 3985         | 4         |
| Manipur                                  | 12           | 0         | 7            | 0         |
| Meghalaya                                | 283          | 0         | 274          | 0         |
| Mizoram                                  | 67           | 0         | 61           | 0         |
| Nagaland                                 | 2            | 0         | 2            | 0         |
| Odisha                                   | 7004         | 7         | 6637         | 7         |
| Sikkim                                   | 7            | 0         | 5            | 0         |
| Tripura                                  | 268          | 0         | 276          | 0         |
| West Bengal                              | 6623         | 7         | 6246         | 7         |
| Chandigarh                               | 764          | 1         | 692          | 1         |
| Delhi                                    | 2410         | 2         | 1738         | 2         |
| Haryana                                  | 5489         | 6         | 5026         | 5         |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 488          | 0         | 314          | 0         |
| Jammu & Kashmir                          | 734          | 1         | 738          | 1         |
| Ladakh                                   | 0            | 0         | 16           | 0         |
| Punjab                                   | 5686         | 6         | 5526         | 6         |
| Rajasthan                                | 2805         | 3         | 2658         | 3         |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 7110         | 7         | 6956         | 7         |
| Uttarakhand                              | 1198         | 1         | 1150         | 1         |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 4672         | 5         | 4436         | 5         |
| Karnataka                                | 4608         | 5         | 4213         | 4         |
| Kerala                                   | 1092         | 1         | 1014         | 1         |
| Puducherry                               | 306          | 0         | 309          | 0         |
| Telangana                                | 4809         | 5         | 6362         | 7         |
| Tamilnadu                                | 7215         | 7         | 4512         | 5         |
| Total                                    | 99541        | 100       | 94273        | 100       |

## IMPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL

|                                     | 2019-20                             | 2019-20                             | 2020-21                             | 2020-21                             |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Country                             | Qty. ('000 tonnes)                  | %share                              | Qty. ('000 tonnes)                  | %share                              |
| AUSTRIA                             | 13                                  | 0                                   | 71                                  | 1                                   |
| BELGIUM                             | 74                                  | 1                                   | 56                                  | 1                                   |
| BRAZIL                              | 23                                  | 0                                   | 5                                   | 0                                   |
| CANADA                              | 20                                  | 0                                   | 17                                  | 0                                   |
| CHINA                               | 1207                                | 18                                  | 843                                 | 18                                  |
| FINLAND                             | 9                                   | 0                                   | 5                                   | 0                                   |
| FRANCE                              | 56                                  | 1                                   | 121                                 | 3                                   |
| GERMANY                             | 135                                 | 2                                   | 146                                 | 3                                   |
| INDONESIA                           | 464                                 | 7                                   | 79                                  | 2                                   |
| ITALY                               | 81                                  | 1                                   | 33                                  | 1                                   |
| JAPAN                               | 1018                                | 15                                  | 560                                 | 12                                  |
| KOREA                               | 2687                                | 40                                  | 1947                                | 41                                  |
| KUWAIT                              | 8                                   | 0                                   | 3                                   | 0                                   |
| MALAYSIA                            | 51                                  | 1                                   | 42                                  | 1                                   |
| NEPAL                               | 6                                   | 0                                   | 6                                   | 0                                   |
| NETHERLANDS                         | 11                                  | 0                                   | 20                                  | 0                                   |
| POLAND                              | 8                                   | 0                                   | 5                                   | 0                                   |
| RUSSIA                              | 71                                  | 1                                   | 63                                  | 1                                   |
| SINGAPORE                           | 139                                 | 2                                   | 43                                  | 1                                   |
| SLOVENIA                            | 11                                  | 0                                   | 7                                   | 0                                   |
| SOUTH AFRICA                        | 22                                  | 0                                   | 15                                  | 0                                   |
| SPAIN                               | 32                                  | 0                                   | 20                                  | 0                                   |
| SWEDEN                              | 23                                  | 0                                   | 27                                  | 1                                   |
| TAIWAN                              | 165                                 | 2                                   | 186                                 | 4                                   |
| THAILAND                            | 52                                  | 1                                   | 50                                  | 1                                   |
| U.K.                                | 17                                  | 0                                   | 11                                  | 0                                   |
| UAE                                 | 21                                  | 0                                   | 21                                  | 0                                   |
| UKRAINE                             | 84                                  | 1                                   | 31                                  | 1                                   |
| USA                                 | 65                                  | 1                                   | 54                                  | 1                                   |
| VIETNAM                             | 86                                  | 1                                   | 133                                 | 3                                   |
| OTHERS                              | 110                                 | 2                                   | 134                                 | 3                                   |
| TOTAL                               | 6768                                | 100                                 | 4752                                | 100                                 |
| Source: JPC (Joint Plant Committee) | Source: JPC (Joint Plant Committee) | Source: JPC (Joint Plant Committee) | Source: JPC (Joint Plant Committee) | Source: JPC (Joint Plant Committee) |

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Annexure-III