Lok Sabha Question No. 5477 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Import of Scrapped Steel
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Prataprao  Jadhav, Shrirang Appa Barne, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5477

FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2023

## IMPORT OF SCRAPPED STEEL

5477.   SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  about country's  imports  of scrapped steel  during  each  of the last three years;
- (b) whether the demand and production level of steel has been assessed for the next decade;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the action plan initiated in this regard;
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to open more scrap centres in the country to  bring down demand for imports of steel scrap and making India selfreliant; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to reduce the dependency on steel scrap imports in the country?

## ANSWER

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL

- (a)   The details of country's import of scrapped steel during the last three years are given below:-

| Year                                | Import (in MT)                      |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2019-20                             | 6.566                               |
| 2020-21                             | 5.571                               |
| 2021-22                             | 4.845                               |
| Source: Joint Plant Committee( JPC) | Source: Joint Plant Committee( JPC) |

(b)&(c):  Steel is a deregulated sector and role of the Government is that of a facilitator for creating conducive environment for development of steel sector in the country.

Accordingly, the Government of India notified the National Steel Policy, 2017 which laid down the broad roadmap for encouraging long term growth for the Indian steel industry both on demand and supply sides by 2030-31. The Policy envisages total crude steel production of 255 MT and the total finished steel demand of 230 MT by 2030-31.

(d)&(e): Ministry  of  Steel  notified  the  Steel  Scrap  Recycling  Policy  on  7 th November,  2019.  The  policy provides a  framework  to  facilitate  and  promote establishment of metal scrapping centres in India for scientific processing & recycling of ferrous scrap generated from various sources and a variety of products. The Policy provides standard guidelines for setting up dismantling centre and scrap processing centre, roles of aggregators and responsibilities of the Government, manufacturer and owner. As per the Steel Scrap Recycling Policy, the role of Government is that of a facilitator  to  create  conducive  eco-system  for  the  entrepreneurs  and  investors  to establish scrap centres in the country. The decision to set up scrap centres by the entrepreneurs is based on commercial considerations.

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