Lok Sabha Question No. 2269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Liquid Medical Oxygen Supply by Steel sector
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Chinta Anuradha, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Goddeti Madhavi, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, Arjunlal Meena, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, P.P. Chaudhary, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, M V V Satyanarayana, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2269

FOR ANSWER ON 02/08/2021

## LIQUID MEDICAL OXYGEN SUPPLY BY STEEL SECTOR

2269.  SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI:

SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  total  capacity  of  public  sector  and  private  sector  steel companies in production of oxygen especially Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in country during the last three years;
- (b) whether the public sector plants provided LMO during the second wave of pandemic and if so, the details of quantities supplied by the public as well as the private sector plants along with their capacity;
- (c) whether the steel production is bound to get impacted since the oxygen used  in  making  of  steel  is  diverted  for  medical  usage  and  if  so,  the  details thereof since Covid-19 pre and post situation plant-wise;
- (d) the details of supplying oxygen daily for Covid use, State-wise and loss incurred by steel industry/companies so far;
- (e) the  measures  taken  to  increase  production  of  LMO  in  the  country  in general as well as specifically by public sector and also technical and other policy interventions brought to ease growing demand of LMO; and
- (f) the  details  of  impact  created  through  transportation  of  LMO  from  the production sites?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

- (a) The  details  of  total  capacity  of  production  of  Liquid  Medical  Oxygen (LMO) of public and private sector steel companies during the last three years are as follows:-

(in tonnes per day)

| Year           |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Total Capacity |      2492 |      2494 |      2748 |      4102 |

Contd……..2/-

(b) During  the  second  wave  of  pandemic,  the  public  and  private  sector steel plants together supplied 230262 tonnes of LMO between 1 st April - 25 th July, 2021. The plant-wise details in this regard are given in Annexure-I .

(c)to(e): During peak of the second wave, steel sector had enhanced the LMO production  considerably.  As  against  538  MT  of  LMO  supplied  on  1 st April, 2021, the supply of LMO peaked to 4749 MT on 13 th May, 2021. State-wise details  of  LMO  supplied  during  April-July,  2021  are  given  in Annexure-II . Measures  taken  by  the  steel  plants  to  increase  production  of  LMO  in  the country included the following:-

- (i) Reduced production of liquid Nitrogen and Liquid Argon.
- (ii) Reduced usage of gaseous oxygen thereby reducing steel produced.

The  enhanced  production  of  LMO  by  reducing  usage  of  gaseous oxygen led to reduced production of steel by about 500,000 tonnes during the period April-June, 2021.

(f)          The  LMO  produced  in  steel  plants  were  supplied  to  22  states/UTs as indicated  in Annexure-II utilizing  transportation  modes  of  road,  Oxygen express (Railways) and transport aircrafts of the Air Force.

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ANNEXURE - I (in tonnes)

| Plant Name                                   |   Production Capacity of LMO |   LMO Supplied (01.04.21 to 25.07.21) |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| SAIL Bhilai                                  |                         40   |                              1661.41  |
| SAIL Bhilai (BOO Plant Linde)                |                        350   |                             21255     |
| SAIL Bokaro                                  |                         20   |                              1399.23  |
| SAIL Bokaro (BOO Plant Inox)                 |                        170   |                             10827.9   |
| SAIL Durgapur                                |                         43   |                              2449.41  |
| SAIL Durgapur (BOO Plant Linde)              |                         85   |                              6350.9   |
| SAIL Raurkela                                |                         48   |                              3424.42  |
| SAIL Raurkela (BOO Plant Linde)              |                        310   |                             18817.4   |
| SAIL Burnpur                                 |                         70   |                              2334.24  |
| RINL Vishakhapatnam                          |                        130   |                              9947.47  |
| Tata Steel Jamshedpur (LINDE)                |                        453   |                             21286     |
| TATA Steel Jameshdpur (AWIPL)                |                        150   |                             11258.3   |
| TATA Steel Kalinganagar                      |                        219   |                             10641     |
| TATA Steel BSL                               |                        244   |                              8126.35  |
| Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Ltd.                |                          9.5 |                               778.337 |
| Jindal Stainless Limited (Jajpur)            |                         52   |                              3105.88  |
| AMNS HAZIRA (INOX)                           |                        240   |                             11865.1   |
| JSW Steel Ltd. Vijayanagar - (Belloxy)       |                        106   |                              8253.03  |
| JSW Steel Ltd. Vijayanagar, (Linde PLC)      |                        537   |                             28023.6   |
| JSW Steel Ltd. Vijayanagar works (Air Water) |                        100   |                              5891.94  |
| JSW Steel Ltd. Vijayanagar works (IGPL)      |                        130   |                              7184.74  |
| JSW Steel Ltd., Dolvi (Own)                  |                        180   |                             13512.3   |
| JSW Steel Ltd., Dolvi (Own 2)                |                        124   |                              9414.23  |
| JSW Steel Ltd., Salem                        |                         17   |                              1696.57  |
| Jindal Steel & Power, Angul                  |                        100   |                              2963.37  |
| Vedanta ESL, Bokaro.                         |                         20   |                               474.44  |
| JSW- BPSL, Jharsuguda                        |                         25   |                               718.9   |
| Kalyani Steel, Hospet                        |                        130   |                              6600.3   |
| Total                                        |                       4102   |                            230262     |

ANNEXURE - II

(in tonnes)

| Sl. No.   | STATE           |   LMO Supplied (01.04.2021 to 25.07.2021) |
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Maharashtra     |                                  30310.8  |
| 2         | Madhya Pradesh  |                                  11477.2  |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh    |                                   7404.96 |
| 4         | Andhra Pradesh  |                                  30016.8  |
| 5         | Jharkhand       |                                   6137.57 |
| 6         | West Bengal     |                                  15224    |
| 7         | Bihar           |                                   4622.83 |
| 8         | Odisha          |                                  12750.9  |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh   |                                  15080.2  |
| 10        | Gujarat         |                                   7563.24 |
| 11        | Karnataka       |                                  44107.8  |
| 12        | Telangana       |                                  17178.2  |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu      |                                  10725.3  |
| 14        | Haryana         |                                   8419.71 |
| 15        | Delhi           |                                   2136.75 |
| 16        | Assam           |                                   1921.95 |
| 17        | Kerala          |                                   1436.58 |
| 18        | Goa             |                                    715.75 |
| 19        | Punjab          |                                   1842.72 |
| 20        | Rajasthan       |                                    700.45 |
| 21        | Jammu & Kashmir |                                     18.16 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand     |                                    470.28 |
| Total     | Total           |                                 230262    |

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