Also Read | Restaurants are now down to the waterlineThe government said India has sufficient production capacity of oxygen, and as per need, surplus stock available with steel plants is also being utilized.
The country has a daily production capacity of 7127 MT oxygen. Total production has hit 100% in the past two days, as directed by EG2.On 12 April, medical oxygen consumption in the country was 3842 MTs, that is 54% of the daily production capacity.
The maximum consumption is from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi.“With increasing cases, the medical oxygen consumption will need to keep pace with the requirements of the states," the union health ministry said in a statement.“For this,.