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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2944
ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026
REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS
2944. SHRI M K RAGHAVAN:
Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has formulated any policy to reduce carbon emissions in heavy industries
such as steel, cement and engineering goods;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of financial and technological support extended to industries for green transition?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES
(SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)
(a) & (b): At present, Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has no such scheme in place. However,
Ministry of Steel (MoS) has informed that following steps have been taken:-
(i) MoS has released the Taxonomy for Green Steel to provide standards for defining and
categorizing the low emission steel.
(ii) MoS has released a report titled "Greening the Steel Sector in India: Roadmap and Action
Plan" in alignment with the recommendations of the 14 Task Forces constituted by Ministry
of Steel for this purpose which provides the future roadmap for green steel and sustainability,
towards net-zero target by 2070. The report is available on Ministry of Steel's website.
(iii) The Steel Scrap Recycling Policy 2019 provides a coordination framework with various
Ministries to facilitate and promote recycling of ferrous scrap generated from various sources.
(iv) Four pilot projects for use of hydrogen in steel sector have been launched under National Green
Hydrogen Mission administered by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
(c): The PSUs under Ministry of Heavy Industries have taken following in –house initiatives to
reduce the CO emissions.
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I. Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL):
(i) BHEL has successfully demonstrated its indigenous
solution for CO Capture through a 1.4 TPD CO Capture unit, integrated with its 0.25 TPD C
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oal- to-Methanol demonstration plant using amine-based CO2 absorption method.
(ii) Advanced Ultra Supercritical Technology (AUSC), indigenously developed by BHEL along
with NTPC and IGCAR, provides best-in-class efficiency in coal-based power generation by
reducing CO emissions by about 11% as compared to Super Critical power plants.
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(iii) BHEL has installed Solar power plants at its manufacturing units, spread across the country,
totaling to 35 MW (approx.).
II. Cement Corporation of India (CCI): CCI has installed Fly Ash Feeding System, hot air duct,
replacement of old motors to reduce the carbon emissions from its units. Also Solar Plants were
installed in RESCO mode.
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