(a) whether the Government proposes to set up more steel plants in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, location-wise and the time by which the new plants are likely to be made operational;
(c) the details of the steel Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) units and new plants under construction, location-wise; and
(d) the steps being taken by the Government to enhance the existing production capacity of steel PSUs?
THE MINISTER OF STEEL AND MINES (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)
(a)to(d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.100 FOR ANSWER ON 02/03/2015 TABLED BY SHRI NITYANAND RAI AND DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SETTING UP OF NEW STEEL PLANTS.
(a)&(b): Steel is a de-regulated sector. The role of the Government is that of a facilitator. As such no license/permission is required from the Ministry of Steel for setting up of steel plants in the country. The decisions relating to project investments and implementation are taken by the concerned investors keeping in view the market dynamics and techno-economic viability of projects.
(c) Presently, there are two steel manufacturing Public Sector Undertakings under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel namely, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). SAIL has eight steel plants and state-wise details of their location are as under:
Plant State Bhilai Steel Plant Chattisgarh Durgapur Steel Plant West Bengal IISCO Steel Plant West Bengal Alloy Steels Plant West Bengal Rourkela Steel Plant Odisha Bokaro Steel Plant Jharkhand Salem Steel Plant Tamil Nadu Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant KarnatakaRINL is operating one steel plant at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.