Lok Sabha Question No. 44 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Oxygen Production by Steel Plants
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, C.N. Annadurai, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Ganesan Selvam, Midhun Reddy, Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.44

FOR ANSWER ON 19/07/2021

## OXYGEN PRODUCTION BY STEEL PLANTS

44. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by Steel sector to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and bring relief to the people;
- (b) whether Steel plants belonging to the Public as well as the Private sectors, had  received  instructions  from  the  Government  to  supply  the  life-saving  Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to the country during the COVID 2.0 pandemic time recently;
- (c) if so, the details thereof including the quantities supplied by them, State- wise during the last three months;
- (d) whether steel plants have contributed major share of the LMO requirement of the country which stands at about 10 thousand MT/day and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  number of  Oxygenated Beds established by the Steel companies in the country so far, State-wise; and
- (f) the number of Oxygen Concentrators and Oxygen Compressors procured, and PSA Oxygen Generation Plants established by steel PSUs across the country so far?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

- (a) The steps taken by steel sector to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and bring relief to the people include:-
- (i) Enhancing Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) production and supply;
- (ii) Earmarking beds for Covid patients in hospitals within the steel plants;
- (iii) Establishment of Jumbo Covid Care facilities using supply of gaseous oxygen;
- (iv) Commissioning of Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) units in steel plants;
- (v) Arranging additional ventilators, Oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines;
- (vi) Organizing vaccination drives.
- (b)&(c): The details of LMO supplied (state-wise) by steel plants during the period of April-June, 2021 are enclosed as Annexure -I.
- (d) During peak of the pandemic in April-May, 2021, the supply of LMO which was only 538 MT on 1 st April, 2021, went up to the peak supply of 4749 MT on 13 th May, 2021.
- (e) The details of the number of oxygenated beds established by steel companies, state-wise, are enclosed at Annexure-II .
- (f) The details of the number of oxygen concentrators and PSA plants established by Steel PSUs are as follows:-

|   Oxygen Concentrators |   PSA Plants |
|------------------------|--------------|
|                    165 |            4 |

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## LMO supplied (state-wise) by steel plants during the last three months

| LMO Supplied (April, 2021 - June, 2021) ( figures in Metric Ton )   | LMO Supplied (April, 2021 - June, 2021) ( figures in Metric Ton )   | LMO Supplied (April, 2021 - June, 2021) ( figures in Metric Ton )   | LMO Supplied (April, 2021 - June, 2021) ( figures in Metric Ton )   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATES                                                              | APRIL, 2021                                                         | MAY, 2021                                                           | JUNE, 2021                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                         | 11618.62                                                            | 13162.68                                                            | 3533.97                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                      | 4354.7                                                              | 6222.36                                                             | 612.9                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh                                                        | 2848.1                                                              | 3635.38                                                             | 502.81                                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                      | 5728.59                                                             | 16019.19                                                            | 5994.71                                                             |
| Jharkhand                                                           | 1727.68                                                             | 3257.72                                                             | 788.871                                                             |
| West Bengal                                                         | 3638.6                                                              | 7068.86                                                             | 3274.43                                                             |
| Bihar                                                               | 1223.5                                                              | 2895.25                                                             | 332.5                                                               |
| Odisha                                                              | 1779.15                                                             | 6858.02                                                             | 3181.32                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                       | 4090.35                                                             | 9605.1                                                              | 922.05                                                              |
| Gujarat                                                             | 3991.26                                                             | 2549.08                                                             | 860.9                                                               |
| Karnataka                                                           | 7125.35                                                             | 20990.4                                                             | 10768.46                                                            |
| Telangana                                                           | 4362.8                                                              | 8986.64                                                             | 2685.89                                                             |
| Tamil Nadu                                                          | 1212.83                                                             | 3832.5                                                              | 4646.21                                                             |
| Haryana                                                             | 1342.15                                                             | 6410.43                                                             | 568.56                                                              |
| Delhi                                                               | 258.58                                                              | 1878.17                                                             | 0                                                                   |
| Assam                                                               | 144.65                                                              | 971.12                                                              | 675.25                                                              |
| Kerala                                                              | 97.95                                                               | 765.33                                                              | 430.62                                                              |
| Goa                                                                 | 63.76                                                               | 443.05                                                              | 204.11                                                              |
| Punjab                                                              | 239.05                                                              | 1580.31                                                             | 23.36                                                               |
| Rajasthan                                                           | 0                                                                   | 700.45                                                              | 0                                                                   |
| J&K                                                                 | 0                                                                   | 18.16                                                               | 0                                                                   |
| Uttarakhand                                                         | 0                                                                   | 470.28                                                              | 0                                                                   |
| Month-wise Total                                                    | 55848                                                               | 118320                                                              | 40007                                                               |
| Grand Total                                                         | 214175 MT                                                           | 214175 MT                                                           | 214175 MT                                                           |

## Annexure - II

## Details of Oxygenated beds established state-wise

| State          |   No. of Oxygenated Beds |
|----------------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                      440 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                      230 |
| Gujarat        |                     1000 |
| Jharkhand      |                      950 |
| Karnataka      |                     1200 |
| Maharashtra    |                      200 |
| Odisha         |                      435 |
| West Bengal    |                      400 |
| Total          |                     4855 |

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