(a) The number of small, medium and large industries, separately, lying sick/closed in each State as on date;
(b) the number of units out of them closed during the years 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, separately, in each State;
(c) the number of workers affected in these sick/closed units;
(d) the details of industries which generally faced closure alongwith the main reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps taken or being taken by the Government to revive these units within a fixed time-period ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DR. RAMAN SINGH)
(a) to (c) : Data on sick industrial units, assisted by banks in the country, is compiled by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI). Details of sick industrial units up to March, 2000 are at Annexure-I.
Labour Bureau, Shimla, under the Ministry of Labour, collects information on industrial closure. 425 industrial units have been reported closed under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 from 1998 to 2000. State-wise details are at Annexure-II. As a result of closure of 425 industrial units, 33,554 workers have been affected.
(d) : According to Labour Bureau, Shimla, industries which have faced closure are mainly in the engineering, textile, food products, chemical and chemical products, rubber, plastic, petro & coal products sectors.
The main reasons for closing down of industries were financial stringency, shortage of raw material and power and lack of demand for products.
(e) : The Government has taken a number of steps for revival of sick industrial units which inter-alia, include, guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India to banks, amalgamation of sick units with healthy units, setting up of Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction(BIFR) under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provision) Act, etc.
ANNEXURE-I
Annexure referred to in reply to the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 598 for
answer on 23.2.2001
Name of State/UT No. of SSI sick/ No. of Non-SSI weak units sick/weak units
Andaman & Nicobar 31
Andhra Pradesh 12461 400 Arunachal Pradesh 120 12 Assam 11445 48 Bihar 26909 79 Chandigrah 56 14 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 46 9 Daman & Diu 10 8 Delhi 3309 79 Goa 161 14 Gujarat 5928 281 Haryana 2952 101 Himachal Pradesh 893 30 Jammu & Kashmir 2002 9 Karnataka 5416 218 Kerala 9017 76 Madhya Pradesh 6072 163 Maharashtra 9115 580 Manipur 5577 2 Meghalaya 528 13 Mizoram 41 5 Nagaland 168 8 Orissa 7444 60 Pondicherry 1052 15 Punjab 1897 90 Rajasthan 7560 88 Sikkim 25 1 Tamil Nadu 11602 285 Tripura 7170 3 Uttar Pradesh 21235 232 West Bengal 143893 241 TOTAL 304235 3164
ANNEXURE-II
Annexure referred to in reply to the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 598 for answer on 23.2.2001
Name of State/UT No. of closed Non-SSI No. of closed Non-SSI No. of closed Non-SSI sick/weak units 1998 sick/weak units 1999 sick/weak unit 2000(P) Andaman & Nicobar 0 0 0 Andhra Pradesh 0 2 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 Assam 0 1 0 Bihar 4 3 0 Chandigrah 0 3 0 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 Delhi 2 0 0 Goa 2 4 4 Gujarat 34 14 19 Haryana 2 2 4 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 4 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0 Karnataka 3 3 8 Kerala 0 9 8 Lakshadweep 0 0 - Madhya Pradesh 4 9 0 Maharashtra 1 0 0 Manipur 0 0 0 Meghalaya 0 0 0 Mizoram 0 0 0 Nagaland 0 0 0 Orissa 13 5 8 Pondicherry 21 5 17 Punjab 1 51 0 Rajasthan 1 5 3 Sikkim 0 0 - Tamil Nadu 7 2 2 Tripura 42 18 6 Uttar Pradesh 38 13 - West Bengal 0 10 5
TOTAL 175 159 91
SOURCE : LABOUR BUREAU, SHIMLA.