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: Evaluation of performance of private sector compared
with public sector in steel industry in India.
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Yfter independence, successive governments placed great emphasis on
the development of a Indian steel industry. In FY 1991, the six major
plants, of which five were in the public sector, produced 10 million tons.
The rest of India steel production, 4.7 million tons, came from 180 small
plants, almost all of which were in the private sector. India's Steel
production more than doubled during the 1980s but still did not meet
demand in FY 1991, when 2.7 million tons were imported. In the mid-
1990s, the government is seeking private-sector investment in new steel
plants. Production is projected to increase substantially as the result of
plans to set up a 1 million ton steel plant and three pig-iron plants
totaling 600,000 tons capacity in West Bengal, with Chinese technical
assistance and financial investment.
Since its independence, India has experienced steady growth in the steel
industry, thanks in part to the successive governments that have
supported the industry and pushed for its robust development.
Further illustrating this plan is the fact that a number of steel plants were
established in India, with technological assistance and investments by
foreign countries.
In 1991, a substantial number of economic reforms were introduced by
the Indian government. These reforms boosted the development process
of a number of industries - the steel industry in India in particular -
which has subsequently developed quite rapidly.
The 1991 reforms allowed for no licenses to be required for capacity
creation, except for some locations. Ylso, once India¶s steel industry was
moved from the listing of the industries that were reserved exclusively
for the public sector, huge foreign investments were made in this
industry.
The Indian aluminum industry grew from 5,000 tons a year at
independence to 483,000 tons in FY 1992, of which 113,000 tons were
exported. Ynalysts believe the industry has a good long-term future
because of India's abundant supply of bauxite.
Yet another reform for India¶s steel industry came in 1992, when every
type of control over the pricing and distribution system was removed,
making the modern Indian Steel Industry extremely efficient, as well as
competitive.
Ydditionally, a number of other government measures have stimulated
the growth of the steel industry, coming in the form of an unrestricted
external trade, low import duties, and an easy tax structure.
India continually posts phenomenal growth records in steel production.
In 1992, India produced 14.33 million tones of finished carbon steels
and 1.59 million tones of pig iron. Furthermore, the steel production
capacity of the country has increased rapidly since 1991 - in 2008, India
produced nearly 46.575 million tones of finished steels and 4.393
million tones of pig iron.
Both primary and secondary producers contributed their share to this
phenomenal development, while these increases have pushed up the
demand for finished steel at a very stable rate.
In 1992, the total consumption of finished steel was 14.84 million tones.
In 2008, the total amount of domestic steel consumption was 43.925
million tones. With the increased demand in the national market, a huge
part of the international market is also served by this industry. Today,
India is in seventh position among all the crude steel producing
countries.
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India is the fifth largest producer of steel in the world. India Steel
Industry has grown by leaps and bounds, especially in recent times with
Indian firms buying steel companies overseas. The scope for steel
industry is huge and industry estimates indicate that the industry will
continue will to grow reasonably in the coming years with huge
demands for stainless steel in the construction of new airports and metro
rail projects. The government is planning a massive enhancement of the
steel production capacity of India with the modernization of the existing
steel plants.
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Government targets to increase the production capacity from 56 million
tons annually to 124 MT in the first phase which will come to an end by
2011 - 12. Currently with a production of 56 million tones India
accounts for over 7% of the total steel produced globally, while it
accounts to about 5% of global steel consumption. The steel sector in
India grew by 5.3% in May 2009. Globally India is the only country to
post a positive overall growth in the production of crude steel at 1.01%
for the period of January - March in 2009.
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Ybout 50% of the steel produced in India is exported. India's export of
steel during Ypril - December 2008 was 64.4 MT as against 9.7 MT in
December 2007. In February 2009, steel export increased by 17% to
12.6 MT from 10.8 MT in the same month last year. More than 50% of
steel from India is exported to China. The Government's decision to
reduce export duty on iron ore lumps from 15% to 5% has given a major
boost to the export of steel.
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j Power shortage hampers the production of steel
j se of outdated process for production
j ags behind in the production of stainless steel
j Deficiency of raw materials required by the industry
j abor productivity is low. It is 144 tons per worker per year
against 600 tons in Western Europe as per estimates
j Inadequate shipment capacity and transport structure
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There are many strong points of the industry that makes it one of the
leading names in the global steel industry. The rate of labor wage in
India is among one of the lowest in the world thereby making large scale
production feasible. The boom witnessed in the automobile industry has
ensured that the demand for steel is increasing gradually and will
continue to do so in the near future. There is huge manpower in India
which is another reason why steel production in India is high and the
industry is doing pretty well both nationally and internationally.
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j Steel Yuthority of India imited (SYI, Kanpur, ttar Pradesh
j Ylloy Steels Plants (YSP, Durgapur, West Bengal
j Salem Steel Plant (SSP, Tamil Nadu
j isvesvaraya Iron and Steel imited ( IS, at Bhadravathi,
Karnataka
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j Centre for Engineering and Technology
j Research and development centre for iron and steel
j Management Training Institute
j SYI safety organization
j Raw materials division
j Central Marketing èrganization
j SYI consultancy organization