Vizag Steel Plant workers protest privatisation move
1 year, 8 months ago

Vizag Steel Plant workers protest privatisation move

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad Hundreds of employees of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant took out a foot march on Saturday, protesting against the Centre’s stubborn stand on privatisation. Hundreds of employees of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, also known as Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, on Saturday took out a padayatra protesting against the Centre’s stubborn stand on privatisation of the steel plant. Meanwhile, the RINL management on Saturday announced extension of date for submitting bids for Expression of Interest in providing working capital for the steel plant or supplying raw material like coking coal and iron ore till April 20. The Telangana government, which announced its intention to take part in the bidding for supplying raw material to the Vizag steel plant through state-run Singareni Collieries Company Ltd or through Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation, did not submit its bid. A team of officials from Singareni even visited the Vizag Steel Plant on Wednesday and Thursday and held discussions with the RINL management and also trade unions to study the feasibility of bidding for the raw material supply.

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BSP stands strong with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in its fight against privatisation, says MP Ramji Gautam
3 weeks, 1 day ago

BSP stands strong with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in its fight against privatisation, says MP Ramji Gautam

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday expressed its solidarity with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and its employees in the fight against privatisation, said BSP national co-ordinator and MP Ramji Gautam, while promising to spread awareness on the issue and raise the workers’ concerns in the Parliament. The BSP stands with you.” “The Bhartiya Janata Party, is disregarding the Constitution, promoting divisive …

BSP protests Andhra's steel plant privatisation, vows to raise issue in Parliament
3 weeks, 2 days ago

BSP protests Andhra's steel plant privatisation, vows to raise issue in Parliament

India Today  

The Bahujan Samaj Party has launched a fierce campaign against the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, calling it a grave injustice to marginalised communities, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, and minorities. At a massive Mahadharna held at the steel plant premises, BSP National Coordinator and Member of Parliament Ramji Gautam assured supporters that the party would take …

Odisha: Protest by displaced families of NINL enters day three
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Odisha: Protest by displaced families of NINL enters day three

New Indian Express  

JAJPUR: The indefinite protest by displaced families of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd steel plant in Kalinga Nagar industrial complex entered its third day on Wednesday. The protesters, under the banner of Nilachal Bistapita Parivar, have since Monday blocked the Duburi-Danagadi road demanding permanent employment at the NINL plant. Susanta Kumar Mohanta, a protester said the state government had acquired 2,500 …

Union leaders stage rally to protest VSP privatisation
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Union leaders stage rally to protest VSP privatisation

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Members of the various trade unions and employees of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant took out a rally, demanding withdrawal of proposals to privatise the steel plant, here on Sunday. Narasingha Rao, urged the Prime Minister that he should make an announcement during his Visakhapatnam visit that the Union government was withdrawing its decision to privatise the steel plant. Furthermore, …

CPI(M) stages Maha Dharna to ‘save’ Steel Plant in Andhra’s Visakhapatnam
3 months, 1 week ago

CPI(M) stages Maha Dharna to ‘save’ Steel Plant in Andhra’s Visakhapatnam

The Hindu  

The Visakhapatnam district committee of CPI organised a Maha Dharna at Gajuwaka Junction here on Sunday demanding that the RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant be saved from a deplorable financial situation and not be privatised under any circumstances. Srinivasa Rao were among those who led the protest, which started at 9 a.m. and ended at 1 p.m. Raising slogans against Prime Minister …

YSRC committed to protecting Vizag Steel Plant, asserts Senior YSRC leader Botcha Satyanarayana
3 months, 1 week ago

YSRC committed to protecting Vizag Steel Plant, asserts Senior YSRC leader Botcha Satyanarayana

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Emphasising that the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited should not be privatised under any circumstances, Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Botcha Satyanarayana assured that the YSRC is committed to fighting for its protection. Speaking to the media at the Visakhapatnam camp office on Sunday, Botcha questioned the NDA government’s stance on the steel plant and termed …

Will resign if RINL is not safeguarded: Palla Srinivas Rao
3 months, 1 week ago

Will resign if RINL is not safeguarded: Palla Srinivas Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam state president and Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao said he would resign if he fails to safeguard the Visakha Steel Plant. Meanwhile, Bheemili MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao, who visited the Simhachalam Varaha Narasimha Swamy temple on Saturday, has targeted YSRC leader V. Vijayasai Reddy for his tweet against the TD leaders on RINL privatisation and asked why …

Non-Telugu RINL employees rue turn of events, hope for good days
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Non-Telugu RINL employees rue turn of events, hope for good days

The Hindu  

At least 900 non-Telugu employees of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, and their families are worried about the deplorable condition of the steel plant since the Union Government’s decision to privatise the plant in 2021. There are about 900 regular employees hailing from more than 25 States and Union Territories, including Jammu & …

Centre not making sincere efforts to revive Vizag steel plant, says CPI(M)
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre not making sincere efforts to revive Vizag steel plant, says CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India- Marxist has made a renewed appeal to the Union government for allocation of captive mines to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. In a statement on Wednesday, CPI State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said that the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre was not making any sincere efforts to keep its promise …

Vizag Steel Plant will remain in public sector: TD chief
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Vizag Steel Plant will remain in public sector: TD chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant would remain in the public sector, state Telugu Desam president Palla Srinivasa Rao said here on Friday. Talking to Deccan Chronicle, on the crisis the steel plant was facing for the past seven years, Srinivasa Rao said the state government would not allow privatisation of the plant. We are proposing a `8,000 crore equity package …

Revoke decision on strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and allot captive mines, JAC urges Union government
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Revoke decision on strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and allot captive mines, JAC urges Union government

The Hindu  

The Trade Unions and People’s Organisations JAC of Visakhapatnam district has demanded that the Centre issue a statement revoking its decision on strategic sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The JAC leaders held a meeting at the CITU office here on Friday, and held discussions on what they called ‘deceitful measures being implemented by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre …

RINL seeks modification of Andhra HC order on VSP asset disposal
5 months, 4 weeks ago

RINL seeks modification of Andhra HC order on VSP asset disposal

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, management of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, filed a supplementary petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday seeking modification of the interim stay order to continue the status quo on VSP lands and other assets. He further submitted to the court that RINL purchased lands for the steel plant from APIIC and the housing board, …

Come clear on privatisation of steel plants, Congress urges Kumaraswamy
6 months, 1 week ago

Come clear on privatisation of steel plants, Congress urges Kumaraswamy

The Hindu  

The Congress on June 11 posed a series of questions to the new Steel Minister, H.D. In a statement, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Mr. Kumaraswamy is the new Steel Minister in a “rusted” government, and posed a set of five questions relating to steel plants in Visakhapatnam, Salem, Nagarnar, Bhadrawati and Durgapur. negligence’ Mr. Ramesh said the previous …

TDP's Kinjarapu Ram Mohan gets Aviation, MoS Steel for Varma
6 months, 1 week ago

TDP's Kinjarapu Ram Mohan gets Aviation, MoS Steel for Varma

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: A day after three MPs from Andhra Pradesh were inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, as expected, three-time Srikakulam MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan was allotted the Union Civil Aviation portfolio, while first-time Guntur MP Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar was appointed as Minister of State for Rural Development and Communication. The decision to allocate the portfolios of MoS Heavy …

Candidates at loggerheads over parties’ stand on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Candidates at loggerheads over parties’ stand on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

The Hindu  

Gajuwaka Assembly constituency candidates Gudivada Amarnath and Palla Srinivasa Rao are at loggerheads over BJP’s stand on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privatisation. Addressing an election campaign meeting here on his Assembly segment manifesto with the cadre and also representatives from the steel plant, Mr. Amarnath said, “I am ready to withdraw from the contest and also pave the way for the …

Jagan Offers Full Support To Unions Against VSP Privatisation
8 months ago

Jagan Offers Full Support To Unions Against VSP Privatisation

Deccan Chronicle  

Jagan Mohan Reddy has told union leaders of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant that his party and government will give full support to them in their fight against the privatisation of the organisation. VSP union leaders explained to the CM the move of central government to privatise the steel plant on grounds including incurring losses and facing shortage of raw materials. …

It’s time TDP and BJP made their stand clear on privatisation of Vizag steel plant, says Jagan
8 months ago

It’s time TDP and BJP made their stand clear on privatisation of Vizag steel plant, says Jagan

The Hindu  

Reiterating that the YSR Congress Party has always opposed the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Narasinga Rao submitted a representation to Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy on the plight of the steel plant and the prompt action need to be taken by the Union and the State governments. Addressing the VUPPC team, Mr. Jagan Mohan …

Naidu Promises to Protect Vizag Steel Plant
8 months, 1 week ago

Naidu Promises to Protect Vizag Steel Plant

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu said he will take the help of his alliance partners and protect the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation. Addressing his Prajagalam meeting at Gajuwaka on Sunday evening, Naidu said it is the agitation by Telugu Desam, which put pressure on the central government to withdraw the proposals for privatising the VSP.“I myself addressed …

VSP Agitators Ask PM Clarify Stand on Steel Plant Before Elections
9 months, 2 weeks ago

VSP Agitators Ask PM Clarify Stand on Steel Plant Before Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Over a thousand Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employees led by trade union leaders cutting across political affiliations took out a huge rally from the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to Mahatma Gandhi statue near RTC Complex in the heart of the city on Sunday, the 1,116th day of their agitation, covering a distance of 23 kilometres. Former Gajuwaka MLA and Visakhapatnam district …

Steel plant privatisation will not happen now: GVL
1 year, 2 months ago

Steel plant privatisation will not happen now: GVL

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: BJP leader and Rajysa Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha has said the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privatisation would not happen as there are strong uncertainties about it. “Many mistakes were committed and it is unfair to blame Prime Minister Modi.” “We shall take the issue to the notice of Prime Minister Modi,’’ Rao said and added that it was not only …

Pawan Kalyan Slams CM on Privatisation of VSP, Gangavaram Port
1 year, 4 months ago

Pawan Kalyan Slams CM on Privatisation of VSP, Gangavaram Port

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan on Sunday slammed the YSRC government for not making serious efforts to save Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation or getting captive mines for its survival. Addressing a public meeting at the industrial town of Gajuwaka, Pawan Kalyan said the chief minister had 151 MLAs and 30 MPs and yet he was unable to pressurise …

RINL puts up Vizag land parcels, houses for sale
1 year, 6 months ago

RINL puts up Vizag land parcels, houses for sale

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has put up land parcels and houses for sale at three locations in Vizag. As per the RINL letter, 588 plots spread over 45 land parcels over an extent of 22 acres are available in HB Colony and the Maddilapalem area. When we are agitating to prevent privatisation …

INDUSTRY | Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised
1 year, 7 months ago

INDUSTRY | Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised

The Hindu  

Published : May 04, 2023 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ For over 800 days, ever since the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave in-principle approval for 100 per cent divestment of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in January 2021 citing losses, workers and trade unions have been protesting. Then, on March 27, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the plant’s corporate entity, …

Key Left leaders put under house arrest in Kurnool, Anantapur to thwart protests against privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant
1 year, 7 months ago

Key Left leaders put under house arrest in Kurnool, Anantapur to thwart protests against privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant

The Hindu  

The State police put key Communist Party of India, CPI leaders, along with leaders of other trade unions, under house arrest in undivided Kurnool and Anantapur districts on Wednesday ahead of their proposed dharna at Tapovanam Junction on National Highway 44 in Anantapur and Ballari Junction in Kurnool. However, the police immediately rounded up all the activists who raised slogans …

RINL gets 28 EOIs as deadline ends
1 year, 8 months ago

RINL gets 28 EOIs as deadline ends

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Some 28 companies offered their bids to fund Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, the corporate entity of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. A trade union leader said Singareni in the past quoted Rs 6,500 per tonne of coal when RINL sourced it from Mahanadi Coal Fields for Rs 4,000. Senior leader Ayodhyaramu said the third blast furnace, which has a capacity …

RINL extends deadline for bid as firms line up for EoI
1 year, 8 months ago

RINL extends deadline for bid as firms line up for EoI

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Buoyed by a larger-than-anticipated response, the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited — the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant — extended till April 20 the deadline for filing an expression of interest to fund the company in exchange for steel. So far, eight foreign companies — Europa Import and Export Ltd, Indo Inter trade, Indo international, I M R Metallurgy, …

RINL disinvestment under progress, says steel ministry
1 year, 8 months ago

RINL disinvestment under progress, says steel ministry

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The disinvestment process of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has not been frozen, the Union ministry of steel clarified on Friday, a day after Union minister of state for steel Faggan Singh Kulaste had made conflicting statements about it. "After the Chief Minister intervened and decided to bid in the EOI, the …

VSP's EOI call for buying its steel, not the plant: BJP
1 year, 8 months ago

VSP's EOI call for buying its steel, not the plant: BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP on Tuesday dismissed the Telangana state government’s move to “acquire” the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and “prevent its privatisation” calling the announcement, and the ongoing visit to the VSP by a team of officials from Singareni Collieries Company Limited a blatant lie. The BJP declared that the VSP was never for sale and all that the Rashtriya Ispat …

Singareni Collieries Team Visits Vizag Steel Plant To Examine Possibility Of Bidding
1 year, 8 months ago

Singareni Collieries Team Visits Vizag Steel Plant To Examine Possibility Of Bidding

ABP News  

A delegation of Singareni Collieries Company Limited visited Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on Tuesday to study the feasibility of participating in the Expression of Interest for its acquisition. On Tuesday, Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar had sent a team of officials to the VSP in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to study the possibility of bidding …

BRS will protect steel plant: Chandrasekhar
1 year, 8 months ago

BRS will protect steel plant: Chandrasekhar

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh BRS president Thota Chandrasekhar said his party would protect the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from privatisation by joining the local agitation. He said the party would support the relay hunger strike and will chalk out a future action plan to agitate along with them. He said BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had become the …

BRS to fight against VSP's privatisation, says its AP chief
1 year, 8 months ago

BRS to fight against VSP's privatisation, says its AP chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: AP BRS chief Dr. Thota Chandrasekhar said his party will fight against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The AP BRS chief said the Modi government is planning to handover the shore-based steel plant to his friends Adani and Jindal on a platter. He charged that Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the holding company of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has been …

YSRC govt to lead VSP agitation: Subba Reddy
1 year, 10 months ago

YSRC govt to lead VSP agitation: Subba Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakapatnam: The steel township saw thousands of agitators gathering at the Trishna Grounds on Monday, in a protest against the central government's plans for privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. “Our only agenda is to keep the steel plant as a public sector undertaking,’’ Subba Reddy said. Committee chairman and INTUC leader Mantri Rajasekhar said they have blocked the entry …

CPI(M) announces protest during Modi’s visit to Andhra Pradesh on November 11
2 years, 1 month ago

CPI(M) announces protest during Modi’s visit to Andhra Pradesh on November 11

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India Andhra Pradesh unit secretary V. Srinivasa Rao on October 8 announced State-wide protests during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State on November 11. People should question the Prime Minister on the denial of Special Category Status to the State, which the BJP had promised in the run-up to the 2014 elections, he said, …

Steel plant staff to boycott work on day Modi lands in Vizag
2 years, 1 month ago

Steel plant staff to boycott work on day Modi lands in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: On Friday, November 11, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Visakhapatnam, over 10,000 workers of RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant will be boycotting duties to put on record their differences with centre on its plan to disinvest its share in the prestigious steel plant. Incidentally, Friday’s boycott of work will be the 639th protest VSP workers will be holding ever …

10 bidders in fray for valuing Vizag Steel assets
2 years, 8 months ago

10 bidders in fray for valuing Vizag Steel assets

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant seems to be inevitable as the Centre is moving fast on preparing for disinvestment. The bidders include AAA Valuation Professionals LLP, ADROIT Appraisers and Research Pvt Ltd, Amit Kumar Kankane, Bhavin R Patel, CPA Valuation Advisors Pvt Ltd, GAA Advisory LLP, GTech Valuers Pvt Ltd, RBSA Valuation Advisors LLP, Resolute Valuers and Consultants Pvt …

Stir in Visakhapatnam opposing steel plant sale
2 years, 8 months ago

Stir in Visakhapatnam opposing steel plant sale

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Hundreds of workers took part in protests across Visakhapatnam on Monday as part of the two-day nation-wide strike called by trade unions opposing the Centre's move to privatise public sector undertakings, with the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant being the epicentre of the stir. Workers, under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee, staged a demonstration outside the main gate of …

Pawan Kalyan Asks YSRCP To Urge Centre To Reverse Decision On Vizag Steel Plant Privatisation
3 years ago

Pawan Kalyan Asks YSRCP To Urge Centre To Reverse Decision On Vizag Steel Plant Privatisation

ABP News  

Hyderabad: Jana Sena Party Chief Pawan Kalyan has asked the YSRCP to lead an all-party delegation to Delhi to persuade the Centre to reverse its decision to privatise the Vizag steel factory. Pawan slammed the YSRCP's "indifferent attitude" regarding the proposal to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, reiterating his demand that the YSRCP government and its 22 party MPs take …

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant unions oppose Andhra Pradesh government's decision to sell its stake in Gangavaram port
3 years, 6 months ago

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant unions oppose Andhra Pradesh government's decision to sell its stake in Gangavaram port

The Hindu  

Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh has repeatedly urged the Narendra Modi government not to privatise the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, a Navaratna public sector enterprise and India’s only shore-based steel plant. During the first week of May, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet declared its intention to offload its stake in Gangavaram Port Limited to APSEZ for around …

Assembly passes resolution against RINL privatisation
3 years, 7 months ago

Assembly passes resolution against RINL privatisation

The Hindu  

The State government on Thursday passed a resolution in the Legislative Assembly opposing the decision of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to disinvest the entire stake of the Union government in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. along with management control through privatisation, and seeking the Government of India’s support to the RINL for making a turnaround. It was mentioned in the …

‘VSP privatisation will lead to mass unemployment’
3 years, 9 months ago

‘VSP privatisation will lead to mass unemployment’

The Hindu  

Leaders of the AP NGOs’ Association on Friday said the protest against the Centre’s decision to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant would not stop till the move was dropped. The association members took out a in city under the leadership of their State president N. Chandrasekhar Reddy, general secretary Bandi Srinivasa Rao and Krishna district president A. Vidyasagar. Speaking to …

Andhra Pradesh Govt Supports Bandh Protesting Privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Says Minister
3 years, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt Supports Bandh Protesting Privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Says Minister

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government has expressed solidarity with the March 5 state-wide bandh which has been called by employee unions to protest the union government’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the Minister for Information and Public Relations Perni Venkataramaiah said that the state government is against privatisation of steel plant. “The State …

CPI (Maoist) supports stir against VSP privatisation
3 years, 9 months ago

CPI (Maoist) supports stir against VSP privatisation

The Hindu  

The banned CPI has extended its support to the people and workers agitating against the proposed strategic sale of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. In a letter released by Kailasam, spokesman of the CPI Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee, the party stated that VSP had been achieved after people made huge sacrifices. “The YSRCP government is trying to misguide the …

Congress calls for a united struggle to prevent sale of Vizag steel plant
3 years, 9 months ago

Congress calls for a united struggle to prevent sale of Vizag steel plant

The Hindu  

APCC president S. Sailajanath on Wednesday exhorted people to wage a united struggle to stop the Centre’s strategic sale of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, which he said was the pride of Andhra Pradesh. Addressing an all-party meeting chaired by APCC vice-president Sripathi Prakasm, he said it was time for all the parties to shed their political differences and come together …

Protests mount against disinvestment of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
3 years, 10 months ago

Protests mount against disinvestment of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

The Hindu  

With the Narendra Modi government determined to hurtle through with its intentions to disinvest in most of the 439 Central public sector undertakings, there appears, notwithstanding the apprehensions and protests in Andhra Pradesh, to be very little chance of the Navratna company, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, escaping the disinvestment/privatisation bullet. The government has no right to sell it.” …

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