Government approves strategic disinvestment of steel plant
The government has in-principle approved strategic disinvestment of the loss-making subsidiary of India’s largest steelmaker SAIL, Salem Steel Plant (SSP), Parliament was informed. “The government has accorded in-principle approval of strategic disinvestment of SSP in Salem district of Tamil Nadu,” Minister of State for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. SSP is a loss-making unit of Maharatna firm SAIL, he added. “It has been consistently making losses for the last 5 years despite investment of around Rs. 2,200 crore by SAIL under the modernisation and expansion project of SSP,” the Minister said.
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