The Steel Authority of India ltd (SAIl) will be appointing rural product dealers for its products across Chhattisgarh’s 27 districts expect the Bhilai region in Durg district, official sources informed.
The principal objective of the SAIl Rural Dealership Scheme (SAIl-RDS) shall be: To establish a wide distribution network for identified branded products of SAIl and to increase its reach, to promote, popularise and showcase identified branded SAIl products, to improve market share and NSR in the long run, the Scheme will be open for everyone in Talukas/ Blocks/ Panchayats, they informed.
SAIl Consignment Agents /Handling Contractors/ Transporters /Decoiling Agents/Conversion & Wet leasing Agents will not be considered for appointment under the Scheme, it was informed.
Existing SAIl dealers located in the metros, cities, towns and district headquarters will also not be eligible under the Scheme.
Notably, the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has set a target of producing 6.6 million tonnes (MT) of saleable steel after completion of its expansion project by end of 2016 from the level of 4.3 MT during 2014-15, officials stated.
Quite recently, BSP has won the prestigious Prime Minister’s Trophy for a record 11 times out of the 21 times it has been awarded.
Continuing the legacy of previous two years, the BSP team also made hat-rick in Chairman’s Trophy for Young Managers (CTYM) competition as Runners-Up in the grand finale held at Management Training Institute, Ranchi on February 29, 2016.
The mega expansion and modernisation of BSP is underway which would also raise the installed capacity for crude steel manufacturing from the present level of 4.81 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 7 MTPA, officials stated.
The expansion plan is taking place in the existing BSP land measuring 6286.75 hectares and no additional land is being utilised for the same.
All projects coming under the expansion cum modernisation plan would be utilising state-of-art pollution control technology, officials stated.
BSP is developing as many as 21 villages in the periphery of Bhilai township which have been identified for adoption as ‘model steel villages’.
The BSP’s CSR Department is engaging in a number of activities in the adopted villages such as empowering the rural folk, specially the women under the Swyamsiddha or self-employment project, providing basic infrastructure facilities development as well as activities aimed at providing school children opportunities to express their talent, officials informed.
Notably, in 2007, the BSP established ‘Bhilai Ispat Vikas Vidyalaya’ and ‘Ispat Kalyan Chikitsalaya’ for the benefit of the economically backward section of society in the township and its periphery.
The BSP has also adopted over 100 tribal children, providing free residential education, accommodation and meals. The mega-sports event that Bhilai has been organising in Narayanpur for tribal school-children for three consecutive years since 2006 attracts more than 1500 students from schools in remote areas of Bastar every year, officials stated.
The company has also adopted four girls from Abujhmad area of Bastar for their education in Bhilai Nursing College.