Key Segments/Products

• Clinker Cement

• Ordinary Portland Cement
• Portland Blast Furnace Slag Cement
• Portland Pozzolana Cement
• Rapid Hardening Portland Cement
• Oil Well Cement
• White Cement
• Sulphate Resisting Portland Cement

Key Players

• Shree Cement is rajasthan based company, located at Beawar  Installed capacity of 10.2 mn tonnes per annum in Rajasthan

• Manufacturing units at Beawar, district Ajmer, and Ras, district Pali , in Rajasthan
• Grinding units at Khushkhera, district Alwar

• Aditya Birla Group is the world's eighth largest cement producer
• Has one of the world's largest white plants at Kharia Khangar, Rajasthan

• Grasim Cement is largest producer of cement in India. Grasim is also the eighth largest cement producer in the world.
• Two cement units in Rajasthan with annual capacity of 1.9 million tonnes per annum.
• Produces both grey and white cement in Rajasthan.
• Planning to set up a new cement plant at Kotputli with proposed investment of over USD 150 million.

• Ambuja Cement is gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd is India's third largest cement producer
• Plants in Rajasthan have an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes.

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Major raw material
Limestone

Policy/Incentives/ Govt. Initiatives
Various incentives/concessions are available to promote industrial ventures in this sector:

• RIPS 2010
• To units located in Cement ?? developed by RIICO:
  
  • Remission of Stamp Duty on sale and purchase of land and properties in cement
  • Remission of Electricity Duty for 7 years
  • Remission  from Land Tax;
  • Set off of Sales Tax on Capital Goods
  • Set off of Entry Tax on raw materials and capital goods
  • Exemption of Mandi Tax for 7 years
  • Interest subsidy of 5% (6% for SC/ST)
  • Wage subsidy as per Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme 2010

 Opportunities

• Under affordable Housing Policy, 2009 a target of constructing 5 lakh houses has been fixed during a period of 5 years.
• Under Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) Phase I large amount of construction activity is targeted which will boost the cement industry a lot.
• In the annual plan of 2011-2012 the size of the fund is proposed to be Rs.400 crore, which will boost the construction activity henceforth and will help in raising the demand of cement industry.
• Under state road policy large amount of rural and urban road construction has been encouraged and in its annual plan of 2011-2012 large investment in the road sector has been proposed.

Strengths

• Presence of large limestone reserves, estimated to be over 2.5 billion tonnes. MS grade limestone of Jaisalmer district is supplied to various steel plants of the country.
• Significant presence of large cement producing companies in Rajasthan
• Well developed presence of supply chain and marketing channels
• Presence of lignite for the power development for captive consumption reducing the bargain power of the developer

Last Updated: October 10, 2011