Annual Report 2013-14 MINISTRY OF STEEL GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CONTENTS Chapter Page No. I Highlights 02 II Organizational structure and Functions of the Ministry of Steel 07 III The Indian Steel Sector : Development and Potential 12 IV Public Sector 20 V Private Sector 31 VI Research and Development 35 VII Energy and Environment Management 41 VIII Development of Information Technology 52 IX Safety 58 X Ship Breaking 63 XI Welfare of Weaker Sections of Society 65 XII Vigilance 68 XIII Grievance Redressal Mechanism 74 XIV Implementations of Persons with Disabilities Act. 1995 78 XV Progressive use of Hindi 80 XVI Empowerment of Women 86 XVII Promotion of Steel Usage 91 XVIII Corporate Social Responsibility 94 XIX Technical Institutes under the Ministry of Steel 102 XX Implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 104 XXI Development of North-Easern Region 107 XXII International Cooperation 109 Annexures 110-130 Appendix 131-183 The production, financial and other related figures for 2013-14 are Provisional. Chapter-I HIGHLIGHTS 1.1 TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN STEEL SECTOR • India maintains its position of being the 4th largest producer of crude steel in the world and is expected to become the 2nd largest producer of crude steel soon. • India is the largest producer of direct reduced iron (DRI) or sponge iron. • In the five years corresponding to the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), domestic demand of total finished steel is likely to grow at an annual average growth of over 10% as compared to the average annual growth of 8% achieved between 1991-92 and 2010-11. • In order to meet the growing demand, 301 MoUs have been signed with various states for a planned capacity of around 488.66 million tonnes by 2019-20. • Major proposed investments are in the states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. • The proposed steel capacity addition in the country is likely to result in an investment of Rs.5-10 lakh crore by 2020. • Crude Steel capacity in the country stood at 99.57mtpa in 2013-14 (provisional) as against 97.02 mtpa in 2012-13. • Crude steel production was 81.54 million tonnes in 2013-14 (provisional) as against 78.42 million tonnes in 2012-13. • Per capita consumption of steel in the country has risen from 45 kg in 2008-09 to about 60 kg in 2013-14. • The steel sector contributes nearly 2% of the country’s GDP and employs over 6 lakh people. During 2013-14 (prov.), the following is the industry scenario as compared to same period of last year: • Production of crude steel was at 81.540 million tonnes, a growth of 4% compared to 2012-13. The Main Producers produced 25.930 million tonnes during this period, which was a growth of 5.4% compared to last year. The Major Producers produced 18.308 million tonnes during this period, which was a decline of 0.6 % compared to last year. The rest i.e. 37.302 million tonnes was the contribution of the Other Producers, which was a growth of 5.4% compared to last year. • Pig iron production for sale was 7.289 million tonnes (a growth of 6.1% compared to last year), after accounting for own consumption/IPT. The Main Producers accounted for 8% of the same, the rest (92%) being the share of the Majors and Other Producers. • In case of total finished steel (alloy + non-alloy) during 2013-14 (prov.): • Production for sale was 85.05 million tonnes, an increase of 4.1% compared to last year. • Export reached 5.59 million tonnes, an increase of 4.2% compared to last year. • Import was 5.45 million tonnes, a decline of 31.3% compared to last year. • India was a net exporter of total finished steel. • Real Consumption was 73.89 million tonnes, an increase of 0.6% compared to last year. 1.2 Major Initiatives taken by the Ministry of Steel during the year • To ensure easy availability of raw material in domestic market at reasonable prices, export duty on iron ore @ 30 % and export duty on iron ore pellet @ 5% were imposed. Export of iron ore fell from 117.37 million tonnes in 2009-10 to 12.24 million tonnes in 2013-14. • Ministry of Steel has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certificate. It has become the first Ministry under Central Government to be awarded such certificate. 2 Annual Report 2013-14 • Process of drafting of ‘New National Steel Policy’ to replace the existing National Steel Policy,2005 for development of steel industry with the focus on achieving the targeted production of 300 mtpa of steel, is underway. • A “Long Term Perspective for Steel Sector” to achieve targeted capacity of 300 million tonne is being prepared. • A Task Force has been set up to identify the R&D and Technology Development needs of the country in Iron & Steel sector and also to evolve institutional mechanism. • Ministry of Steel is actively engaged in fast tracking decisions/resolution of issues of steel sector projects, which are delayed, in association with the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) constituted by the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI). • Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) meetings under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Steel) are being held regularly to sort out infrastructure constraints of Steel industry and other related raw material issues. • Steps have been taken for raw material securitization through MoUs, MoAs and LoIs with Afghanistan, Japan, Brazil, Uruguay, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Canada and Poland. • Under the Steel Development Fund(SDF) assisted scheme, 83 projects have been approved so far with total cost of Rs.696.27 crore with SDF assistance of Rs.389.36 crore. Under the Plan Fund Scheme, 09 R&D projects have been approved with a total cost of Rs.125.20 crore involving Plan Fund of Rs.89.22 crore. • There are about 1800 steel re-rolling mills in India and most of them have adopted old and obsolete technologies resulting in very high energy consumption and GHG emission. To address the issues, Ministry of Steel implemented an Energy efficiency improvement project in selective Re- Rolling Mills in India in collaboration with UNDP and GEF. The project has resulted in significant saving (20-50%) in fossil fuel consumption leading to equivalent reduction in GHG emission. Encouraged by the results of the project, UNDP, Ministry of Steel and Government of Australia has initiated a new energy efficiency improvement project in the SME sector. • Sevottam Compliant Citizen’s Charter being implemented by the Ministry of Steel to provide prompt services to citizens/clients has been updated. • Various work processes in the Ministry of Steel reviewed and scope of discretion minimized. • A LAN enabled tracking and monitoring service for Parliament assurances, audit paras, dak diary and file movement has been made fully operational in the Ministry • E-Requisition, Stock & Inventory Management System, Officer on Tour Information System, E- Submission & Approval System, Knowledge Management System and Steel MIS have been made operational on Ministry via Intranet Portal. • Ministry of Steel in association with Steel Industry put up “Steel Pavillion” at India International Trade Fair, 2013 where several items of Steel and mining sector were showcased. 1.3 Major Expansion/Acquisitions/Joint Ventures by PSEs Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) i) Steel Authority of India Ltd. has undertaken Modernisation & Expansion of its integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur & Burnpur and special steel plant at Salem. In the current phase, the crude steel capacity is being enhanced from 12.8 Million Ton to 21.4 Million Ton per annum. The indicative investment for current Phase is about Rs.61,870 crore. In addition, Rs.10,000 crore (approximately) has been earmarked for modernization and expansion of SAIL mines. ii) Orders for about Rs. 59,288 crore have been placed for various Modernisation & Expansion packages till March, 2014. Cumulative expenditure until March, 2014 has been Rs. 53,270crore including expenditure of Rs. 9890.48crore during the financial year 2013-14. iii) Expansion of Salem Steel Plant has been completed. In other Plants, some of the linked facilities have been completed and also the units in primary area like Raw Material Handling Systems, Coke Oven Batteries, all Sinter Plants and a Country’s Largest Blast Furnace have been completed. Two Continuous Casting Machines and a Rolling Mill Unit have also been completed. The execution of 3 Chapter-I Modernisation & Expansion Plan is being done with full momentum. The current phase of Modernisation and Expansion is expected to be completed by 2015. NMDC Ltd. i) NMDC Ltd. is setting up a 3 mtpa greenfield integrated steel plant at Nagarnar, District- Bastar in Chhattisgarh. ii) An MoU has been signed between NMDC Limited and Indian Railways for doubling of the 150 km Jagdalpur-Kirandul section of the Kottavalsa-Kirnadul line of the East Coast Railways to augment the evacuation capacity of NMDC to meet the increased demand for iron ore of the Indian steel industry. iii) NMDC has taken up activities for setting up of 15MTPA slurry pipeline project consisting of Iron Ore Beneficiation plants at Bailadila, 2MTPA Plant at Nagarnar and Slurry Pipeline System from Bailadila to Vizag via Nagarnar. The portion of the Slurry Pipeline System from Bailadila to Nagarnar will be owned and executed by NMDC and the portion of the Slurry Pipeline System from Nagarnar to Vizag with a 6MTPA Pellet Plant at Vizag will be set up under JV in which NMDC and RINL are prime members. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) (i) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)is the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant- the country’s only first shore bases integrated steel plant, set up with a capacity of 3 mtpa of liquid steel has completed its expansion to 6.3 mtpa capacity and started production of liquid steel.