Department of Heavy Industry, GOI has only the Cement Corporation of India Limited under is central control with total installed capacity of 38.93 lakh MT. Out of ten plants, seven plants are non-operating with total installed capacity of 24.47 lakh MT.
Presently there are three operational plants namely Rajban in Himachal Pradesh with installed capacity of 2.48 lakh MT, Bokajan in Assam with installed capacity of 1.98 lakh MT and Tandur in Telangana with installed capacity of 10.00 lakh MT with total operating installed capacity of 14.46 lakh MT per annum.
The seven non-operating plants of CCI became sick mainly due to obsolete technology, locational disadvantage and low scale of operations.
This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Babul Supriyo in reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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