The government today said it is working on a technical collaboration between state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited and Japan's Nippon Steel for training the PSU's staff working on a 70,000-crore rupees capacity expansion programme. Speaking on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi, Steel Secretary Atul Chaturvedi said that this is required to enhance technical skills of staff. He said that an agreement between SAIL and Posco to set up steel plants in India is expected by September. Besides Posco and Nippon, SAIL is also in talks with ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel for setting steel plants in the country as its aims to raise annual production capacity to 60 million tonnes by 2020 from 14 million tonnes at present.
News On AIR | May 19, 2010 1:10 PM
Govt. working on for training the PSU's staff: Steel Secretary