Sir I want to know that why is the name of Steel Authority Of India Ltd so popular and what are its salient features because of which it is well known

Hey Steel Authority of India was founded in 19 January 1954

The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is one of the largest state-owned steel making company based in New Delhi, India

It is the largest steel-making company in India and one of the seven Maharatna’s of the country


Achievements of the Industry

Greentech HR Excellence Award secured by the Durgapur Steel Plant – 2009

The steel township of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has been ranked 14th in sanitation and
cleanliness by Union Urban Development Ministry – 2009–10

Greentech Safety Gold Award was given to Bhilai Steel Plant – 2010

Best of all" Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in 1993, 2006, and 2007 for their
Bhilai and Bokaro plants

Quality Summit New York Gold Trophy 2007 (International Award for Excellence &
Business Prestige) and Award of Excellence Maintenance for Sumitomo Heavy Industry
& TSUBKIMOTO-KOGIO, Japan won by Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur.

SAIL was featured in the 2008 list of Forbes Global 2000 companies at position 647.

Golden Peacock Award for Combating Climate Change – 2008 for BSP, Occupational
Health and Safety- 2008 for BSL

National Safety Award to Bhilai Steel Plant announced by the Ministry of Labour &
Employment, Government of India – 2008

Durgapur Steel Plant won the 2nd Prize in the Association of Business Communicators of
India Awards – 2008.

Ispat Bhasha Bharati. the Rajbhasha Journal of SAIL has been awarded with the first
prize under the All India House Journal Award Scheme – 2008–09

Salem Steel Plant received the prestigious Greentech Gold Award in Metal and Mining
Sector – 2008–09.

Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility won by Bhilai Steel Plant
(BSP) for the third year in a row – 2009.

Rourkela Steel Plant collectedthe prestigious Srishti Good Green Governance (G-Cube)
Award – 2009.


Sail integrated Plants


Durgapur Steel plant

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha set up with German collaboration (The first
integrated steel plant in the Public Sector in India, 1959)

Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh set up with Soviet collaboration (1959)

Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) at Durgapur, West Bengal set up with British collaboration
(1965)

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)

IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur in Asansol, West Bengal

Special Steel Plants

Alloy Steels Plants (ASP), Durgapur, West Bengal

Salem Steel Plant (SSP), Tamil Nadu

Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited (VISL), at Bhadravathi, Karnataka

Ferro Alloy Plant

Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant (CFP) in Maharashtra

Central Units

Centre for Engineering and Technology

Research and Development Centre for Iron a

SAIL Consultancy Organisation

Environment Management Division

Contact

Registered address:
Steel Authority of India Limited
Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Contact:
(STD-011)
EPBAX – Ispat Bhavan – 24300100, 243 67481-86,
EPBAX – Scope Minar- 22467360, 7412, 7413, 7418, 7420
Fax: 24367015 (Ispat Bhavan)/ 22467458 (Scope Minar)