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(a): whether a large number of SSI units have been in the business of manufacturing
various intermediaries out of raw-materials supplied by PSUs;
(b): if so, the details of such SSI Units in the country as on date, State-wise;
(c): whether there is any policy envisaging preferential supply of raw-materials by
PSUs to SSI Units;
(d): if so, the details thereof; and
(e): the instance of closing down of SSI units due to changes in policies resulting in
stoppage of raw-materials by PSUs?
MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES(SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a)&(b) : Though it is a fact that a large number of small scale industries (SSI) use
raw material produced and supplied by the Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)
such as Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Coal India, etc., the number of such units which
manufacture only intermediates out of such raw materials is not centrally collected and
maintained.
(c)to(e):The Central Government has been implementing the policy of supplying, through
its PSUs, coal, iron and steel to SSI units on `priority through State Small Industries
Corporations and National Small Industries Corporation. This policy continues to be
followed by the Central Government.