Question : PRODUCTION OF STEEL

(a) the targets fixed and achievements made in the production of steel in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, company-wise;

(b) whether any shortfall has been registered in the production of steel during the said period;

(c) if so, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether the Government proposes to set up new steel plants in the country particularly in Jharkhand;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f) the expenditure likely to be incurred on the setting up of these plants; and

(g) the time by which the steel plants are likely to be set up?

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

(a)to(c): Steel is a de-regulated sector. Joint Plant Committee (JPC) under the Ministry of Steel maintains statistics regarding production, consumption, export and import of steel in the country. The data regarding production targets are available in respect of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), whereas private producers normally do not share their targets with the JPC.

The targets fixed and achievements made in the production of steel by PSUs namely Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.(RINL) and the data of crude steel production by private producers during the last three years and the first quarter of the current year are as under:-

Production of crude steel by Public	Sector Undertakings (in million tonnes)
2006-07	2007-08	2008-09#	April-June#	2009-10
Producer	Target	Achieve-	Target	Achieve-	Target	Achieve-	Target	Achieve-	ment	ment	ment	ment
SAIL
Source:	13.032	13.506	13.739	13.962	13.978	13.411	3.143	3.271
SAIL
RINL
Source:	03.567	03.606	03.620	03.322	03.450	03.145	0.795	0.796
RINL
#=Provisional

Production of crude steel by Private	Producers ( in million tonnes)
2006-07	2007-08	2008-09 #	April-June	2009 –10#
33.81	36.77	38.15	09.90
Source: JPC; # =provisional