Question : BAUXITE MINING

(a) whether the Aluminium based industries have been affected on a large scale due to shortage of bauxite in the country including Chhattisgarh and Odisha;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the production of bauxite during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to boost the bauxite mining in the country?

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

(a) & (b): The year-wise production, export and import of bauxite are as under:

 (Quantity in thousand tonnes)	Year 2011-12	Year 2012-13	Year 2013-14	Year 2014-15 
	(Provisional)	(upto Jan. 2015) 
 Production	13600	16612	21666	18688 Export	401	4198	3493	5888 Import	79	67	422	1513