Tuesday, September 27, 2011


Steel Minister Releases Agenda for the Next 100 Days

The Union Minister of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma has released the Agenda for the next 100 days for his Ministry here today. The agenda envisages increase in steel making capacity in India to 200 mt by 2020 and a proactive mechanism to ensure time bound progress for all PSU projects.

The agenda amongst other things aims at finalizing recommendations of Working Group on Steel for 12th five year plan (2012-17). The agenda also comprises points like issue of policy paper in R&D intervention in Indian Steel Industry, constitution of project review committee for monitoring R&D projects and reissue of quality control orders for steel products.

The agenda also lays down milestones for the PSUs under the ministry of steel. Besides these, the agenda enumerates documents to be released in the next 100 days by the Joint Plant Committee (JPC) will include final report of the study of assessment of steel demand, draft report on survey of ferro-alloys, study of viability of beneficiation and use of low grade ore for steel making in India.

This multi point agenda for the next 100 days was released in the presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Shri P.K. Misra and other senior officers of the Ministry.

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