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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