Question : Establishment of New Steel Plants

(a) the details of the total steel plants established both in public and private sector in the country at present, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to establish new steel plants under the National Steel Policy, 2017 in the country, if so, the details thereof and the time by which these are likely to be made operational, plant-wise;

(c) whether any proposal for setting up of integrated steel plants in the country is pending with the Government, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the progress made so far in the direction of establishing a steel plant by Mecon Limited and National Mineral Development Corporation in Jharkhand?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a) Details of the total steel plants established both in public and private sector in the country at present, State/UT-wise is given at Annexure.

(b)&(c): Steel being a deregulated sector, the rule of Government is limited to that of a facilitator only for the growth of steel industry in the country. Decisions relating to setting up of steel plants etc are, therefore, the sole decision of the individual steel manufacturer based on various factors including commercial consideration and market dynamics.

(d) To promote Steel SPV in the state of Jharkhand, an MoU among Ministry of Steel, Government of Jharkhand and NMDC was signed on 28th June, 2015 at Barhi, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. Chatra Site is identified for setting up of the Steel Plant.

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Annexure

(Reply to point no. (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Ques. No. 1114 for answer on 17.12.2018)

TOTAL STEEL PLANTS ESTABLISHED IN PUBLIC SECTOR
S.
No. Name of the Public Sector State Unit
1. Steel Authority of India Ltd.
(SAIL) Chhattisgarh Bhilai Steel Plant
West Bengal Durgapur Steel Plant
Odisha Rourkela Steel Plant
Jharkhand Bokaro Steel Plant
West Bengal IISCO Steel Plant
West Bengal Alloy Steel Plant
Tamil Nadu Salem Steel Pant
Karnataka Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant
2. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) Andhra Pradesh Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.
Source: JPC

TOTAL STEEL PLANTS ESTABLISHED IN PRIVATE SECTOR
S. No. Region State Units

1.
EASTERN REGION
Arunachal Pradesh 1
Assam 9
Bihar 42
Jharkhand 139
Meghalaya 7
Odisha 68
Tripura 1
West Bengal 47
Total 314

2.
WESTERN REGION Chhattisgarh 77
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 18
Daman and Diu 3
Goa 14
Gujarat 59
Madhya Pradesh 10
Maharashtra 64
Total 245

3.
NORTHERN REGION Delhi 2
Haryana 10
Himachal Pradesh 19
Jammu and Kashmir 8
Punjab 119
Rajasthan 39
Uttar Pradesh 41
Uttarakhand 23
Total 261
4.
SOUTHERN REGION Andhra Pradesh 29
Karnataka 30
Kerala 35
Puducherry 11
Tamil Nadu 101
Telangana 33
Total 239
Total 1059
Source: JPC
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