Production of Steel


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As per available data, the number of steel plants producing crude steel in the country were 901 in 2021-22 with a total capacity of 154.06 million tonnes. The details of State-wise steel production in country are given at Annexure-I. Steel being a deregulated sector, the role of the Government is that of a facilitator. Decisions such as revival/closure of steel plants are taken by individual steel companies from time to time, based on commercial considerations and market dynamics.

There are two steel manufacturing Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under Ministry of Steel namely Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). The details of targets/achievements of steel production of public sector plants during the last five years is as follows: –

Unit: MT

 Financial

 Year

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

MoU

Actual

MoU

Actual

MoU

Actual

MoU

Actual

MoU

Actual

 SAIL

16.16

15.02

16.73

16.27

17.27

16.16

16.40

15.22

17.81

17.37

 RINL

4.80

4.50

5.50

5.00

5.80

4.45

5.40

4.16

5.50

5.14

Source: Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) & Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited(RINL)                                                                                     

Both CPSEs do not fall under the category of sick CPSEs. The data/information on profit/loss of private sector steel plants is not maintained by the Government.

 

Annexure-I

Crude Steel Production – State Wise

State

Production
(‘000t)

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Andhra Pradesh

6156

6933

6539

5898

7096

Arunachal Pradesh

62

39

29

0

69

Assam

229

83

67

59

108

Bihar

703

563

540

465

529

Chhattisgarh

13033

13164

13534

13183

14900

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

246

291

285

145

253

Daman and Diu

33

50

46

40

46

Delhi

12

13

12

10

5

Goa

345

429

423

400

407

Gujarat

8260

8654

8680

8403

9189

Haryana

806

803

596

731

941

Himachal Pradesh

458

730

864

766

1265

Jammu and Kashmir

130

136

114

118

146

Jharkhand

17113

17238

17209

15549

17094

Karnataka

12766

13327

12875

11688

13045

Kerala

336

349

304

253

325

Madhya Pradesh

144

506

438

369

569

Maharashtra

8457

9114

8260

7925

11370

Meghalaya

74

65

92

37

56

Odisha

16968

19299

20253

21432

23241

Puducherry

162

190

210

179

215

Punjab

2779

3611

3310

2917

3663

Rajasthan

793

1158

749

589

621

Tamil Nadu

2699

3036

2505

2159

2633

Telangana

1070

1274

1154

1192

1464

Tripura

20

7

12

7

17

Uttar Pradesh

1001

1321

1198

1005

1197

Uttarakhand

438

1069

1077

950

991

West Bengal

7840

7471

7764

7076

8836

Total

103131

110921

109137

103545

120293

Source: Joint Plant Committee, (JPC)

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Steel and Rural Development, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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