Question : NEW STEEL PLANTS

(a) the number of steel plants under various sectors, functioning in the States and Union Territories,during the last three years;

(b) whether new steel plants are proposed to be set up in the country during the next two years;

(c) if so, the details of such units to be set up, State-wise; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to promote investments in the domestic steel industry?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STEEL(SHRI BENI PRASAD VERMA)

(a)to(d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.15 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/08/2011 TABLED BY SHRIMATI J. HELEN DAVIDSON, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, REGARDING NEW STEEL PLANTS

(a) The list of major integrated steel plants functioning in the country at present and also on continuous operation for more than past three years is given below:

(Crude Steel Capacity	in million tonnes)
S.No.	Company	Location	State	Current approximate Capacity#
1.	Steel Authority of India Limited	IISCO,Burnpur	West Bengal	0.50
2.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Bokaro	Jharkhand	4.36
3.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	3.93
4.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Rourkela	Orissa	1.90
5.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Durgapur	West Bengal	1.80
6.	Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited	Visakhapatanam	Andhra Pradesh	2.90
7	Tata Steel Limited	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	6.8
8.	Essar Steel Limited	Hazira	Gujarat	4.6
9.	JSW Steel Limited	Vijayanagar	Karnataka	6.6
10.	Jindal Steel & Power Limited	Raigarh	Chhattisgarh	2.4
11.	Ispat Industries Limited	Dolvi	Maharastra	3.0
12.	Bhushan Power & Steel Limited	Jharsugda	Orissa	1.2
13.	Bhushan Steel Limited	Angul-Dhenkanal	Orissa	1.5

# As per the latest information available in the Ministry of Steel.

In addition there are several medium and small steel units in the country including Mini Blast Furnace, Sponge Iron Units, Induction Furnace Units and Rolling Mills. The total number of such units is approximately 3647, as per the last survey conducted by Joint Plant Committee in 2009-10. since steel is a deregulated sector, Ministry of Steel maintains record of public sector steel units and private sector integrated steel units having capacity 1 million tonne or higher.

(b)&(c): List of major integrated steel investment proposals, likely to be set up during the next two years period is given below:

(Crude steel capacity in	million tonnes per annum)
S.No.	Company	Location	State	Likely Total Capacity#
1.	Steel Authority of India Limited	IISCO Burnpur	West Bengal	Expansion from 0.5 to 2.5
2.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Bokaro	Jharkhand	Expansion from 4.36 to 4.61
3.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	Expansion from 3.93 to 7.00
4.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Rourkela	Orissa	Expansion from 1.90 to 4.20
5.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Durgapur	West Bengal	Expansion from 1.80 to 2.20
6.	Steel Authority of India Limited	Salem	Tamil Nadu	0.12
7	Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited	Visakhapatanam	Andhra Pradesh	Expansion from 2.9 to 6.3
8.	Tata Steel Limited	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	Expansion from 6.8 to 10
9.	Essar Steel Limited	Hazira	Gujarat	Expansion from 4.6 to 8.5
10.	JSW Steel Limited	Vijayanagar	Karnataka	Expansion from 6.6 to 10
11.	Jindal Steel & Power Limited	Raigarh	Chhattisgarh	Expansion from 2.4 to 3.0
12.	Ispat Industries Limited	Dolvi	Maharastra	Expansion from 3.0 to 4.2
13.	Bhushan Power & Steel Limited	Jharsugda	Orissa	2.8 as per MOU
14.	Bhushan Steel Limited	Angul-Dhenkanal	Orissa	3.0 as per MOU
15.	Jindal Steel & Power Limited	Angul	Orissa	2.0
[# Capacity as informed by respective Company and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)]

In addition, there are proposals for setting up large number of small and medium steel units such as sponge iron units, induction furnace units and re-rolling mills which have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with various state governments. The commissioning of these units will depend upon factors such as availability of finance, conditions of their respective markets and other techno-commercial parameters.

(d) Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) is vested with the job of monitoring and coordinating on the issues concerning major steel investments. Ministry of Steel reviews the major integrated steel projects, on a regular basis in order to note the problems relating to environmental clearance and land acquisition issues and concerns of the investors. These are discussed, in the IMG meeting, for further action by the concerned Ministries/Departments and State Governments.

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