Lok Sabha Question No. 198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Production Capacity of Steel Plants
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.198

FOR ANSWER ON 19/07/2021

## PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF STEEL PLANTS

198. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

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 are producing steel, State-wise;
- (c) whether the steel production of these plants/units is adequate and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the steel production of these plants/units?

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)&(b): The total steel production capacity of the country at present is 143.91 million tonnes. The details of units engaged in steel production, both in Public and Private Sector are enclosed as Annexure . As per Indian Mineral Yearbook, 2019 published by Indian Bureau of Mines, there were 254 reporting mines in 2018-19, out of which 35 mines were in the Public Sector and 219 in Private Sector.

(c)&(d): The details of production, consumption, export and import of finished steel for the last two years and current year are as following:-

| Year                                              | Total Finished Steel (million tonnes)             | Total Finished Steel (million tonnes)             | Total Finished Steel (million tonnes)             | Total Finished Steel (million tonnes)             |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                                                   | Production                                        | Consumption                                       | Export                                            | Import                                            |
| 2019-20                                           | 102.62                                            | 100.17                                            | 8.36                                              | 6.77                                              |
| 2020-21                                           | 96.20                                             | 94.89                                             | 10.78                                             | 4.75                                              |
| April-June, 2021*                                 | 26.35                                             | 24.85                                             | 3.56                                              | 1.16                                              |
| Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional |

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## Annexure

Details of Steel Production Capacity and State-wise No. of Units (2020-21)

| A. PUBLIC SECTOR                                                 | A. PUBLIC SECTOR                                                 | A. PUBLIC SECTOR                                                 | A. PUBLIC SECTOR                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                  |                                                                  | ('000t)                                                          | ('000t)                                                          |
| Unit Capacity Production Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | Unit Capacity Production Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | Unit Capacity Production Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | Unit Capacity Production Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) |
| Chhattisgarh                                                     | Bhilai Steel Plant                                               | 6000                                                             | 4244                                                             |
| West Bengal                                                      | Durgapur Steel Plant                                             | 2200                                                             | 2085                                                             |
| Odisha                                                           | Rourkela Steel Plant                                             | 3800                                                             | 3498                                                             |
| Jharkhand                                                        | Bokaro Steel Plant                                               | 4600                                                             | 3380                                                             |
| West Bengal                                                      | IISCO Steel Plant                                                | 2500                                                             | 1847                                                             |
| West Bengal                                                      | Alloy Steels Plant                                               | 234                                                              | 58                                                               |
| Tamil Nadu                                                       | Salem Steel Plant                                                | 180                                                              | 100                                                              |
| Karnataka                                                        | Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Ltd.                                 | 118                                                              | 0                                                                |
|                                                                  | TOTAL                                                            | 19632                                                            | 15213                                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                   | Vizag Steel Plant                                                | 6300                                                             | 4302                                                             |
| TOTAL: Public Sector                                             | TOTAL: Public Sector                                             | 25932                                                            | 19515                                                            |
| B. PRIVATE SECTOR                                                | B. PRIVATE SECTOR                                                | B. PRIVATE SECTOR                                                | B. PRIVATE SECTOR                                                |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | ('000t)                                                          | ('000t)                                                          |
| State Units                                                      | State Units                                                      | Capacity                                                         | Production                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh 24                                                | Andhra Pradesh 24                                                | 2314                                                             | 1596                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh 3                                              | Arunachal Pradesh 3                                              | 125                                                              | 0                                                                |
| Assam 6                                                          | Assam 6                                                          | 131                                                              | 59                                                               |
| Bihar                                                            | 13                                                               | 830                                                              | 465                                                              |
| Chhattisgarh 80                                                  | Chhattisgarh 80                                                  | 13191                                                            | 8939                                                             |
| Goa                                                              | 10                                                               | 405                                                              | 400                                                              |
|                                                                  | 71                                                               | 13688                                                            | 8403                                                             |
| Gujarat Haryana                                                  | 14                                                               | 1037                                                             | 731                                                              |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                 | 1144                                                             | 766                                                              |
| 25 Jammu and Kashmir 8                                           | 25 Jammu and Kashmir 8                                           | 189                                                              | 118                                                              |
| Jharkhand                                                        | 30                                                               | 14888                                                            | 12169                                                            |
| Karnataka                                                        | 24                                                               | 15143                                                            | 11688                                                            |
| Kerala                                                           | 29                                                               | 480                                                              | 253                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                   | 9                                                                | 457                                                              | 369                                                              |
| Maharashtra                                                      | 54                                                               | 12030                                                            | 7925                                                             |
| Meghalaya                                                        | 5                                                                | 181                                                              | 37                                                               |
| Odisha                                                           | 52                                                               | 21530                                                            | 17934                                                            |
| Punjab                                                           | 114                                                              | 5064                                                             | 2917                                                             |
| Rajasthan 31                                                     | Rajasthan 31                                                     | 1005                                                             | 589                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu                                                       | 90                                                               | 3542                                                             | 2059                                                             |
| Telangana 27                                                     | Telangana 27                                                     | 1605                                                             | 1192                                                             |
| Tripura                                                          | 1                                                                | 30                                                               | 7                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh 46                                                 | Uttar Pradesh 46                                                 | 1617                                                             | 1005                                                             |
| Uttarakhand 39                                                   | Uttarakhand 39                                                   | 1524                                                             | 950                                                              |
| West Bengal 39                                                   | West Bengal 39                                                   | 5238                                                             | 3085                                                             |
| Dadra and Nagar Daman and Diu                                    | Haveli 10                                                        | 168                                                              | 145 40                                                           |
| 3 Delhi 2                                                        | 3 Delhi 2                                                        | 46 16                                                            | 10                                                               |
| Total: Private Sector 869                                        | Total: Private Sector 869                                        | 117982                                                           | 84030                                                            |
| Total: Public Sector 9                                           | Total: Public Sector 9                                           | 25932                                                            | 19515                                                            |
| All Region Total 878                                             | All Region Total 878                                             | 143914                                                           | 103545                                                           |
| Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC)                              | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC)                              |                                                                  |                                                                  |

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