Father of Steel Authority of India

Hi I am interested in having the details about the inception as well as the growth of Steel Authority of India company?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

SAIL follows its cause to the developmental years of a rising country - India. After freedom the developers of cutting edge India worked with a dream - to lay the base for quick industrialisaton of the nation. The steel segment was to drive the financial development. Hindustan Steel Private Limited was set up on January 19, 1954.

Extending Horizon (1959-1973)

Hindustan Steel (HSL) was at first intended to oversee stand out plant that was coming up at Rourkela. For Bhilai and Durgapur Steel Plants, the preparatory work was finished by the Iron and Steel Ministry.

Holding Company

The Ministry of Steel and Mines drafted an arrangement explanation to advance another model for overseeing industry. The approach explanation was introduced to the Parliament on December 2, 1972. On this premise the idea of making a holding organization to oversee inputs and yields under one umbrella was mooted. This prompted the arrangement of Steel Authority of India Ltd. The organization, joined on January 24, 1973 with an approved capital of Rs. 2000 crore, was made in charge of overseeing five coordinated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur, the Alloy Steel Plant and the Salem Steel Plant. In 1978 SAIL was rebuilt as a working organization.

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the biggest steel-production organization in India and one of the seven Maharatna's of the nation's Central Public Sector Enterprises.

Legends: Chairmen since inception






Major Units
Sail integrated Plants

1. Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha set up with German collaboration (The first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector in India, 1959)
2. Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh set up with Soviet collaboration (1959)
3. Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) at Durgapur, West Bengal set up with British collaboration (1965)
4. Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) in Jharkhand (1965) set up with Soviet collaboration (The Plant is hailed as the country’s first Swadeshi steel plant, built with maximum indigenous content in terms of equipment, material and know-how)
5. IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur in Asansol, West Bengal

Special Steel Plants
1. Alloy Steels Plants (ASP), Durgapur, West Bengal
2. Salem Steel Plant (SSP), Tamil Nadu
3. Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited (VISL), at Bhadravathi, Karnataka

Ferro Alloy Plant
1. Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant (CFP) in Maharashtra

Central Units
1. Centre for Engineering and Technology
2. Research and Development Centre for Iron a
3. SAIL Consultancy Organisation
4. Environment Management Division

Address:

Steel Authority of India Limited
Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Contact:
(STD-011)
EPBAX – Ispat Bhavan – 24300100, 243 67481-86,
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