Thursday, August 11, 2011


Establishment of Steel Processing Units

The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that there are 10 nos. of Steel Processing Units (SPUs) for which SAIL Board has accorded “in-principle” approval and these are to be set up in different States viz. Bihar (Bettiah, Mahnar and Gaya), Madhya Pradesh (Hoshangabad, Ujjain and Gwalior), Assam (Guwahati), Uttar Pradesh (Lakhimpur), Jammu & Kashmir (Srinagar) and Himachal Pradesh (Kangra).

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today he said, the SPUs at Bettiah and Kangra have been accorded final approval by SAIL Board for implementation. There is no proposal at present for any Steel Processing Unit (SPU) to be set up in the State of Chhattisgarh

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