Question : ALLOTMENT OF MINES



(a) whether several steel manufacturers have been allotted mines in the States of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Goa and Karnataka during the last one year;

(b) if so, the names of such companies with area of mines allotted to them;

(c) whether some private companies have failed to set up steel plants even after three years of signing of the MoUs with the State/Central Government; and

(d) if so, the names of such companies and action taken by the Government for delay in setting up of steel plants?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL (SHRI A. SAI PRATHAP)

(a)to(d): The information is being collected from the respective State Governments and will be laid on the table of the Lok Sabha.