Union Minister of State for Steel & Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste reviewed and appreciated the activities of SAIL Ranchi Units Thursday late evening and urged them for further excellence in their efforts in line with the vision of the Ministry of Steel.
The meeting also had the presence of Sameer Oraon, member of Rajya Sabha, Atul Bhatt, CMD (MECON) Kamakshi Raman, ED (HRD), Jagdish Arora.
ED (CET), Nirvik Banerjee, ED (RDCIS) and other senior officers. The Chief Executives made presentations delineating the status and progress of the organisations and solicited guidance from the Minister. The presentation from SAIL safety organization was made by S Vashisth, CGM.
On Friday morning Kulaste also planted a sapling at MTI, SAIL and inaugurated the SAIL SC/ST Employees Welfare Association (SEWA) office at Shyamali Colony with tree plantation. A team headed by Mala Hemrom, CGM (P&A) welcomed Hon’ble minister.
Officers of Association of Steel Executives (ASE) with their president Shri A. Nag also met him and presented flower bouquets.
Kulaste emphasised for further improved coordination amongst SAIL units, MECON and the Ministry for state-of-art technological advances in the PSU domain with greater transparency. He urged that for fast tracking projects of National importance, innovative procedures may be adopted after getting them ratified through boards and ministries.
This shall serve as a level playing field for PSUs vis-Ã -vis the private sector. He enquired about SAIL products in the defence sector and encouraged for further escalation. Also he emphasized for better waste management of fines in the captive mines to prevent consequent environment and peripheral issues. He was informed that SAIL is well poised for meeting a target of 50 MT crude steel by 2030. He was also apprised about the role of Management Training in SAIL for steering Various L&D interventions in SAIL including specific Leadership and Strategic Interventions for senior management. Also shared was the transition and growth of HRD interventions on Digital platform through the SAIL learning portal www.eabhigyan.com.
The Minister enquired about the safety standards and guidelines prevailing in SAIL. It was submitted that 25 Safety Guidelines published by the Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India and 15 Process-based Safety Guidelines have been circulated recently. Also Inter Plant Standards in the Steel Industry standards were available and being followed in practice by all the plants & units of SAIL.