(a) the number of Petro-Chemicals industries started in Public and Joint
Sector during Ninth Plan Period, location-wise;
(b) the original and latest estimates for their setting up in each case, alongwith
longest date of their completion; and
(c) the estimated employment (both direct and indirect) likely to be created
thereby ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI S.B.MOOKHERJEE)
(a) Two petrochemical plants- one of the Indian Petrochemicals Corporation
Ltd (IPCL) at Gandhar in Gujarat and the other of the Gas Authority of India Ltd
(GAIL) at Pata in the Auraiya District of U.P - started during the Ninth Plan
period.
(b) The work on the GAIL`s plant was started on 31.12.1996 and
commissioned in March 1999 within the approved cost of Rs. 2590.20 crore. The
Gandhar Complex of IPCL, with an approved original cost of Rs. 3484.37 crore,
was started in January, 1994 and commissioned during 1999-2000 at a total
capitalized cost of Rs. 4335 crore.
(c) In case of IPCL, the employment is estimated at 1200 (direct) and 3600
(indirect). GAIL has provided direct employment to 980 employees and is, on an
average, generating indirect employment for another 2200 persons in a year in
perepheral and support activities.