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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