Lok Sabha Question No. 1242 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Steel Research and Development Projects
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1242 FOR ANSWER ON 07/12/2015

## STEEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

1242.  SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of funds allocated under Scheme for promotion of R&D with Steel Development Fund during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the  details  of  the  types  of  R&D  projects  taken  up  various  organisations financed through the said scheme during the said period; and
- (c) the percentage of budget of the Ministry that went into R&D projects during the said period?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI) STEEL AND MINES

- (a) The  Funds  allocated  under  Scheme  for  promotion  of  R&D with Steel Development Fund during each of the last three years and the current year is given as under:

## (Rs. in crores)

| Year    |   Allocation from Steel Development Fund |
|---------|------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13 |                                       20 |
| 2013-14 |                                       20 |
| 2014-15 |                                       20 |
| 2015-16 |                                       20 |

- (b) Details of R&D Projects taken up by various organisations under the aforesaid scheme, during the last three years and the current year, are annexed.
- (c) Total  Budget  of Ministry  of  Steel  from  Plan  Fund  and  percentage  of  Budget that went into R&D projects are given below:

## (Rs. in crores)

| Year    |   Total Budget |   Budget Allocated for R&D from Plan fund | % of Total Budget Allocated for R&D   |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2012-13 |         121.89 |                                        46 | 37.74%                                |
| 2013-14 |         118.97 |                                        46 | 38.67%                                |
| 2014-15 |          92.92 |                                        20 | 21.52%                                |
| 2015-16 |          88.13 |                                        15 | 17.02%                                |

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## ANNEXURE

## R&D Projects taken up by various organisations with financial assistance from Steel Development Fund during the last three year and the current year:

|   Sl.No. | R&D Project Type                                               | Title of the R&D Project                                                                                                                                                                               |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Improving process efficiency of Blast Furnace                  | Development of Expert system for Indian Blast Furnace by IIT Kharagpur                                                                                                                                 |
|        2 | Improving Heat Recovery & Energy Efficiency                    | Development of Copper (Cu) - Carbon Nanomaterial (CN) Based Nanocomposite Formulations for Heat Recovery in a steel plant by IIT Guwahati                                                              |
|        3 | Development of improved Welding Technique for Stainless Steels | Development of suitable Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) procedure for high performance weld joints of modified Ferritic stainless steel and low- nickel austenitic stainless steel by Jadavpur University |
|        4 | Development of coal gasification with low graded coal/ wastes  | Development of an Entrained flow Gasification System using non-coking coal (F-grade) blended with Dolochar for thermal applications by IMMT Bhubaneswar                                                |
|        5 | Developing R&D Infrastructure                                  | Setting up of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Steel: by IIT, Bombay.                                                                                                                                 |
|        6 | Improvement in coating process of high strength steels         | Study on the Interface Layer Formation during Hot Dip Galvanizing of Advanced High Strength or Dual Phase Steels for Automotive Applications by CSIR-NML, in collaboration with Tata Steel Limited     |
|        7 | Waste Utilisation in IF based steel units                      | Utilisation of Steel Plant Waste in manufacture of Paver Blocks and Slag Foams submitted by Sathybama University, Chennai                                                                              |
|        8 | Improving Energy Efficiency in Reheating Furnace               | Computer Simulation & e-Demonstration of Reheating Furnace by NISST Mandi Gobindgarh                                                                                                                   |
|        9 | Development of alternate Iron Making Process                   | Fundamental studies on the reduction kinetics, Heat and Mass Transfer during reduction of iron ore & coal composite pellets in Rotary hearth furnace by IIT Kharagpur                                  |
|       10 | Development of alternate joining process in steel              | Development of Diffusion bonding technology for development of fatigue and fracture resistant carbon steel and stainless steel joints with different inter-layers by IIT Roorkee                       |
|       11 | Developing R&D Infrastructure                                  | Setting up an Advanced Research Center for Iron and Steel at IIT BHU                                                                                                                                   |
|       12 | Production of Quality Steel in Induction Furnace               | Production of quality steel through Induction Furnace by JAMIPOL Jamshedpur                                                                                                                            |

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