(a) whether the Government is considering to set up heavy industries in the country
particularly in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the details of heavy industries set up in the country during the last five years,
State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SMT. KANTI SINGH)
(a) & (b): There is no proposal under consideration of the Department of Heavy Industry to
set up any new Central Public Sector Enterprise anywhere in the country.
(c): In the present day liberalized economic regime, Government encourages setting up of
industries by the private sector.
(d): So far as the Department of Heavy Industry is concerned, no new Central Public Sector
Enterprises has been set up in the country during the last five years.