ALL INDIA KISAN SANGHARSH COORDINATION COMMITTEE

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Press Release: July 17, 2017

• Raju Shetty, despite being a part of the ruling NDA has lent his continuous support to the Kisan Mukti Yatra and raised serious questions on the anti-farmer policies of this government.
• Dr. Sunilam said that only those who work in the interests of the farmers have the right to be in governments.
• ;Before going to the parliament, MPs should visit the farmers sitting at a distance of five minutes at Jantar Mantar and pay tribute to the farmers martyred in Mandsaur. :Yogendra Yadav
• Kisan Mukti Yatra reaches Uttar Pradesh
• Kisan Mukti Yatra to reach Jantar Mantar, Delhi tomorrow, on the morning of 18th July
•  Yatra receives overwhelming support of farmers from all over the country

Monsoon session of Parliament to begin from 17th July; possibilities of farmers’ issues being discussed running high
Yogendra Yadav appeals to MPs; asks them to visit the farmers sitting at a distance of 5 minutes at Jantar Mantar and pay tributes to the martyred farmers of Mandsaur

Kisan Mukti Yatra, which started from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh on July 6, is reaching Jantar Mantar in Delhi in the next 24 hours. The Kisan Mukti Yatra reached Uttar Pradesh yesterday, where the already ongoing Kisan Adhikaar Yatra merged with it. Today the Yatra will reach Delhi’s neighbouring state Haryana, and along with thousands of farmers, willbenter the National Capital from the Kapashera border. The Kisan Mukti Yatra has two very specific demands – debt free farming and remunerative farming.

The Kisan Mukti Yatra that is reaching Delhi’s Jantar Mantar at 11:30 am tomorrow has received overwhelming support of farmers all over the country. The farmers’ movement which stemmed from the martyrdom of 6 farmers in Madhya Pradesh has already started building pressure on the government.

Making an appeal to the MPs on behalf of the farmers’ movement, Yogendra Yadav said “When the representatives of the farmers from all over the country will be sitting at Jantar Mantar to demand justice for the farmers and pay tributes to the six martyrs of Mandsaur, the MPs will be sitting inside the parliament at a distance of five minutes. The present House has several MPs who have fought for the rights of the farmers’ and call themselves ‘sons of famers’. And today when farmers from all over the county have gathered at Jantar Mantar, they would expect the MPs to at least visit them at Jantar Mantar and listen to their woes. They would expect the MPs to understand their sufferings and pay tributes to the martyrs of Mandsaur to further strengthen the farmers’ struggle and save this country.”

Well-known farmers’ leader and MP from Maharashtra, Raju Shetty, despite being a part of the ruling NDA has lent his continuous support to the Kisan Mukti Yatra and raised serious questions on the anti-farmer policies of this government. Shetty, who has been an important part of this Yatra also said that he will also make an appeal to his fellow MPs to lend their support to the farmers’ movement and join them at Jantar Mantar.

Addressing the media in Alwar, AIKSCC leader Dr. Sunilam said that only those who work in the interests of the farmers have the right to be in governments. He also demanded that the Yogi Adityanath government give a complete farm loan waiver to farmers of Uttar Pradesh. He also said that whenever farmers raise their voice in protest, they are lathi charged and are made to face bullets. He demanded that those who fire bullets on non-violently protesting farmers should be charged with murder and punished as per the law.

Condemning the detention of Tamil Nadu farmers protesting outside the PM’s residence, Spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union, Gora Singh said that it is high time that the PM talks to the farmers and listens to their woes.

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ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON STEEL IMPORTS

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New Delhi, July 17, 2017

Ashadha 26, Saka 1939

The Government had imposed anti-dumping duty ranging from 4.58% to 57.39% of landed value on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel from China, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA on 17.04.2014.

Anti-dumping duty on the above items were further extended by five more years as per Government notification dated 11.12.2015. After a sunset review, it was found that:-

• there is continued dumping of these goods from above mentioned countries/territories though the volume of imports has declined;
• the performance of the domestic industry has deteriorated in the current injury      period due to the impact of the dumped imports from these countries; and
• the dumping is likely to continue and the performance of the domestic industry is likely to deteriorate, if the anti-dumping duty is revoked.

Anti-dumping duty is imposed on the basis of margin of dumping which can vary across countries, producers or exporters. Accordingly, there are variable rates of anti-dumping duty on different exporting countries, producers or exporters. Details of country-wise         duty imposed are given below-

S. No.	Country	ADD as % of landed value
1	People’s Republic of China	57.39%
2	Korea RP	5.39% to 13.44%
3	Chinese Taipei	15.93%
4	South Africa	12.34% to 36.91%
5	Thailand	4.58% to 5.39%
6	USA	9.47%
7	European Union	29.41% to 52.56%

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel Shri Vishnu Deo Sai provided this information in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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DISINVESTMENT OF SAIL PLANTS

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New Delhi, July 17, 2017

Ashadha 26, Saka 1939

The Government has accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment of three units of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) viz, Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Plant, Bhadravati, Salem Steel Plant, Tamil Nadu and Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur. These three units of SAIL have been consistently making losses.

The details of the significant steps taken by SAIL to improve the financial performance of the three plants are as under:-

(i)         Capital investment to improve the facilities;

(ii)        Reduction in consumption level of raw materials;

(iii)       Production optimization and product-mix improvement;

(iv)       Improvement in techno-economic parameters;

(v)        Waste management;

(vi)       Strict control on demurrage expenses;

(vii)      Reduction in inventory of finished/semi-finished products, stores & spares and raw materials, etc;

(viii)     Reduction in logistic cost for transportation of Raw Materials and Finished   Steel;            and

(ix)       Reduction in specific power and water consumption.

The entire process of the strategic disinvestment is to be carried out with the help of Transaction Adviser (TA), Legal Adviser (LA) and Asset Valuer (AV) who would advise on appropriate mechanism of disinvestment.

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel Shri Vishnu Deo Sai provided this information in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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STEEL PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY

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Steel Production in the country

New Delhi, July 17, 2017

Ashadha 26, Saka 1939

Data on crude steel production by India during the last three years i.e. 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and April-May 2017-18 is given below:-

Year	Crude steel production (mt)	Annual Increase i.e. % change over last year (%)
2014-15	88.98	8.9
2015-16	89.79	0.9
2016-17*	97.44	8.5
April-May 2017*	16.44	4.8
Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes

Data on finished steel production by India during the last three years i.e. 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and April-May, 2017-18 is given below:-

Year	Total Finished Steel Production  for sale (mt)	Annual Increase  i.e. % change over last year(%)
2014-15	92.16	5.1
2015-16	90.98	-1.3
2016-17*	100.74	10.7
April-May 2017*	17.48	6.4
Source: JPC; *Provisional; mt=million tonnes

Consumption of finished steel grew by 2.6% in 2016-17 whereas production grew by 8.5% over previous financial year. India was net exporter of steel in 2016-17 and thus production of finished steel was sufficient to meet its present demand in the country and also for exports.

Steel being a de-regulated sector, the role of Government is that of a facilitator only, which lays down the policy guidelines and establishes the institutional mechanism/structure for creating conducive environment for improving efficiency and performance of the steel sector. In this role, the Government has released the National Steel Policy 2017, which has laid down the broad roadmap for encouraging long-term growth for the Indian steel industry.

Quantity of finished steel exported during each of the said period – country wise is annexedherewith:

EXPORT OF TOTAL FINISHED STEEL (‘000 tonnes)                                      Annexure-I
Country	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17*	April-May 2017*
AUSTRALIA	49.29	29.38	35.65	5.59
BAHARIN	8.48	12.41	7.60	0.95
BANGLADESH	136.5	55.06	137.52	17.9
BELGIUM	198.39	287.42	1112.31	173.57
BRAZIL	42.95	11.98	42.93	11.35
CANADA	132.95	17.32	33.64	5.87
CHILE	9.51	18.35	11.8	0.56
CHINA	3.32	3.92	4.00	0.45
COLOMBIA	34.03	15.90	18.47	4.63
CONGO	3.83	3.25	1.39	0.1
DENMARK	9.69	8.90	5.63	1.08
DJIBOUTI	21.45	22.98	32.06	2.97
ECUADOR	31.99	16.78	42.77	5.49
EGYPT	9.82	17.30	11.93	20.67
ETHIOPIA	133.58	157.82	147.64	22.63
FINLAND	0.59	14.33	3.30	0.76
FRANCE	9.46	19.75	15.44	0.84
GERMANY	54.84	47.13	68.67	9.22
GHANA	39.25	41.24	47.52	6
GREECE	12.2	46.57	19.58	3.25
INDONESIA	83.87	118.33	233.77	54.34
IRAN	495.8	321.43	144.01	20.59
IRAQ	8.27	30.84	3.01	0.64
ISRAEL	5.47	6.66	7.31	1.27
ITALY	470.86	345.41	942.92	205.39
JAPAN	0.48	0.56	0.64	0.17
JORDAN	0.73	1.89	0.53	0.01
KENYA	61.28	45.65	30.55	3.74
KOREA	26.63	26.57	34.9	10.09
KUWAIT	12.83	28.16	36.66	2.24
MADAGASCAR	11.81	15.91	12.74	0.56
MALAYASIA	96.55	46.31	391.72	37.6
MALDIVES	4.32	9.17	15.26	1.56
MEXICO	45.29	52.66	169.53	37.69
MOROCCO	1.44	2.52	6.08	0.22
MYANMAR	29.48	18.49	68.99	10.67
NEPAL	236.35	310.54	464.73	59.16
NIGERIA	30.36	39.37	11.39	4.46
PERU	44.33	71.16	40.25	6.5
PHILIPPINES	6.08	7.20	14.45	0.88
POLAND	34.56	39.19	64.94	39.34
QATAR	11.55	9.03	17.78	4.74
ROMANIA	27.69	27.24	20.75	5.61
RUSSIA	27.85	20.56	23.45	5.64
SAUDI ARABIA	248.86	60.50	118.57	35.29
SOUTH AFRICA	36.89	19.60	56.94	5.2
SPAIN	180.41	155.44	440.06	103.08
SRI LANKA	138	100.51	140.15	27.25
SWEDEN	4.48	3.16	9.45	7.71
TAIWAN	129.46	12.90	70.67	18.27
TANZANIA	41.18	25.75	9.33	1.32
THAILAND	188.13	69.80	126.4	40.38
TURKEY	49.66	44.66	74.61	26.12
U.K.	64.56	39.34	172.92	22.5
UAE	606.05	315.93	674.44	106.71
UKRAINE	10.89	1.05	3.21	0.66
USA	501.29	295.63	273.58	76.15
VIETNAM	163.12	38.11	961.26	31.25
OTHERS	516.03	453.97	557.00	79.12
TOTAL	5595	4079	8245	1388
Source: JPC’ *provisional

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel Shri Vishnu Deo Sai provided this information in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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