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:* Jharkhand: An 11 MTPA integrated steel plant and a 2600 MW captive power plant in phases, with a total investment of US $ 9 billion (Rs. 45,000 crore). The first phase comprising a 3 MTPA steel plant at Patratu near Ranchi is expected to be commissioned by 2012;
:* Odisha: A 12.5 MTPA integrated steel plant and 2600 MW captive power plant in phases, with a total investment of US $ 10 billion (Rs. 50,000 crore)."
===Protests against expansion plans===
On May 28, 2011, two indigenous rights activists, Ramesh Agrawal and Dr Harihar Patel, were arrested in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh and denied release on bail.
The state police charged the two men with “circulating defamatory material”, “disrupting public order” and “causing alarm and panic among the public” at a May 8, 2010 mandatory public consultation, held by the state pollution board at Tamnar village, relating to the proposed expansion of a coal-fired plant run by [[Jindal Steel and Power]].
Agrawal and Patel expressed concerns that the expansion would lead to the forcible acquisition of lands from the surrounding local communities by the authorities. The two activists had objected to the proposal and cited an official inspection report which stated that the expansion began before the mandatory clearances were given. Ramesh Agrawal also successfully petitioned India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests to temporarily suspend the terms of reference for the expansion. Following a complaint relating to the delay, the state authorities decided to arrest the two activists.
Ramesh Agrawal works for the environmental rights organization Jan Chetna, and Dr Harihar Patel practices indigenous medicine. They had been actively campaigning against the pollution caused by existing industrial projects, including coal plants, and the potential negative environmental impact of proposed industrial projects in central Chhattisgarh. The two activists have been at the forefront of the campaign for the public disclosure of information relating to projects which affect local Adivasi (Indigenous) communities and for ensuring that these are available to the communities. Their arrest, Amnesty International believes, is intended to stop their peaceful campaign activities.
The two activists were sent to Raigarh prison until June 3, 2011, and a local court rejected their appeals for release on bail on June 2. Ramesh Agrawal, who complained of hypertension, was taken for treatment at a government-run hospital where he is being kept chained to his bed.<ref>[http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA20/025/2011/en/93b9014b-e2fa-4936-8282-5b67cd6f1ef6/asa200252011en.html "Indian environmental activists held"] Amnesty International, June 2, 2011.</ref>
==Jindal Power==
