Ministry of Steel of the Republic of India

12/01/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/01/2021 07:31

State-wise Steel Plants

Ministry of Steel

State-wise Steel Plants

Posted On: 01 DEC 2021 6:44PM by PIB Delhi

State-wise details of steel plants functioning in public and private sector producing crude steel, and which were operational in the country during 2020-21 are at Annexure.

Steel being a deregulated sector, specific decisions regarding setting up of the steel plants, modernisation and expansion of the steel plants are taken by individual steel companies/investors based on commercial considerations and market dynamics.

Details of production of crude steel by public and private sector in India during the last five years are given below:-

Year

Crude steel Production

Public Sector

Private Sector

Total

Qty.

(in mt)

Qty.

(in mt)

Qty.

(in mt)

2016-17

18.46

79.48

97.94

2017-18

19.75

83.38

103.13

2018-19

21.50

89.43

110.92

2019-20

20.90

88.23

109.14

2020-21

19.51

84.03

103.54

Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); mt=million tonnes

Annexure

Details of Statewise No. of Units (2020-21)

A. PRIVATE SECTOR

B. PUBLIC SECTOR

State

Units

State

Unit

Andhra Pradesh

24

Andhra Pradesh

1

Arunachal Pradesh

3

Chhattisgarh

1

Assam

6

Jharkhand

1

Bihar

13

Karnataka

1

Chhattisgarh

80

Odisha

1

Goa

10

Tamil Nadu

1

Gujarat

71

West Bengal

3

Haryana

14

Total

9

Himachal Pradesh

25

Jammu and Kashmir

8

Jharkhand

30

Karnataka

24

Kerala

29

Madhya Pradesh

9

Maharashtra

54

Meghalaya

5

Odisha

52

Punjab

114

Rajasthan

31

Tamil Nadu

90

Telangana

27

Tripura

1

Uttar Pradesh

46

Uttarakhand

39

West Bengal

39

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

10

Daman and Diu

3

Delhi

2

Total: Private Sector

869

Total: Public Sector

9

All Region Total

878

Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC)

This information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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