38-499: Burnpur is a captive township of SAIL , the area covered by IISCO Steel Plant and its surroundings in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district , in the heart of the mining-industrial belt in the western periphery of the state of West Bengal , India . It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation . In the early British era, Hirapur founds it place in the list of villages under Asansol police station and served by Asansol post office, in
76-523: A Ferro Alloy plant at Chandrapur . It also has an R&D Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) and a Centre for Engineering in Ranchi , Jharkhand . Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has a total of 692 patents globally, out of which 343 have been granted. More than 64% of the 692 patents are active. SAIL has filed the maximum number of patents in India, followed by Egypt and Germany. SAIL traces its origin to
114-500: A 2.1 MT cement plant at Bokaro utilising slag from BSL. The project implementation is under progress with commencement of cement production likely by July 2011. Bokaro Jaypee cement plant opening ceremony was held by the chief minister of Jharkhand shri. Arjun Munda in 2012. SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with Manganese Ore (India) Ltd on 50:50 basis to produce ferro-manganese and silico-manganese required for production of steel. International Coal Ventures Private Limited
152-631: A holding company to oversee both inputs and outputs. Thus, The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) was established on 24 January 1973, with an authorized capital of ₹2,000 crore (US$ 250 million). SAIL's mandate included managing five integrated steel plants and two specialty plants. In 1978, SAIL underwent restructuring to function as an operating company. SAIL Integrated Steel Plants Special Steel Plants Ferro Alloy Plant Refractory Plants - SAIL Refractory Unit (SRU) A 50:50 joint venture between Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC Ltd.). It manages
190-520: Is a special purpose vehicle set up to achieve the target of making steel PSUs self-reliant in the area of coking coal, a joint venture company has been incorporated composed of five central PSU companies i.e. SAIL, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Coal India Limited and other target countries. A consortium comprising state-owned NMDC and RINL and private sector steel players—JSW, JSW Ispat, Jindal Steel and Power, and Monnet Ispat and Energy and led by SAIL, plan to invest US$ 75 million in first phase for
228-406: Is an increase of 1% over the previous year. It also generated 710 MW of electricity during FY2014-15. SAIL records turnover of over Rs 1 lakh crore. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) produced 18.733 million tonnes of hot metal and 17.366 million tonnes of crude steel during 2021–22, its best ever production performance. The increase in turnover coupled with improved operational performance, helped
266-623: Is engaged in power and steam generation and supplies power and steam (at various pressures) to SAIL's Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) located at Bokaro for meeting the process requirement of BSL. The plant has 9 boilers (5 boilers each of 220 TPH, 3 boilers each of 260 TPH capacity and 1 boiler of 300 TPH) and 7 turbine generators (one 12 MW back Pressure Turbine Generator (TG), 2 TGs each of 55MW capacity, 3 TGs each of 60 MW capacity and one 36 MW back Pressure Turbine Generator. Gg Mjunction services limited operating in Information Technology and
304-429: Is likely to cost between ₹ 1,000 crore (US$ 120 million) – ₹ 1,200 crore (US$ 140 million). A 50:50 JV with Government of Kerala where SAIL has management control to revive the existing facilities at Steel Complex Ltd, Calicut and also to set up, develop and manage a TMT rolling mill of 65,000 MT capacity along with balancing facilities and auxiliaries. ICVL is a joint venture of five companies owned by
342-405: Is located at 23°40′00″N 86°56′00″E / 23.6667°N 86.9333°E / 23.6667; 86.9333 . It has an average elevation of 75 metres (249 feet). Hirapur police station has jurisdiction over parts of Asansol municipal corporation. The area covered is 63.33 km and the population covered is 200,000. The 2011 Census of India was carried out well before
380-400: Is met through its captive mines. To meet its growing requirement, capacities of existing iron ore mines are being expanded and new iron ore mines are being developed. In addition, new iron ore deposits in the states of Rajasthan , Chhattisgarh , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Odisha and Karnataka are being explored. Around 24% of its coking coal requirements are met from domestic sources,
418-432: Is the 500-bed Burnpur Hospital of IISCO Steel Plant . IISCO Steel Plant’s initiatives, under its corporate social responsibility programme have altered the scenario in the surrounding areas such as Haramdihi, Naksaradata, Gutgutpara, Dhoyrapara, Kakardanga, Purshottampur and Bhallukjor. The plant has adopted the inmates of Cheshire Home , a centre for differently-abled persons. Two well-known social welfare organisations of
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#1732876517631456-467: Is the highest number of A Class awards won by any PSU in India. SAIL is in the process of modernising and expanding its production units, raw material resources and other facilities to maintain its dominant position in the Indian steel market. The aim is to increase the production capacity from the base level production of 14.6 MT per annum (2006–07) to 26.2 MT per annum of hot metal. The following table shows
494-496: Is the largest government -owned steel producer, with an annual production of 18.29 million metric tons. Incorporated on 24 January 1973, SAIL has 54,431 employees and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel . SAIL operates and owns five integrated steel plants at Bhilai , Rourkela , Durgapur , Bokaro and Burnpur ( Asansol ) and three special steel plants at Salem , Durgapur and Bhadravathi . It also owns
532-517: The 2011 Census of India the wards of pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation in Asansol South (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had a total population of 238,631, of which 123,160 (52%) were males and 114,471 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 24,265. The total number of literates was 176,460 (82.32% of the population over 6 years). IISCO Steel Plant runs Burnpur Boys’ High School, Burnpur Girls’ High School and Chhotodighari Vidyapeeth. Amongst
570-836: The Bhilai Steel Plant was completed in September 1967 after commissioning of the Wire Rod Mill. The last unit of the 1.8 MT phase of Rourkela – the Tandem Mill – was commissioned in February 1968, and the 1.6 MT stage of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in August 1969 after commissioning of the Furnace in SMS. Thus, with the completion of the 2.5 MT stage at Bhilai, 1.8 MT at Rourkela, and 1.6 MT at Durgapur,
608-837: The Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) which was set up on 19 January 1954. It was initially designed to manage only one plant that was coming up at Rourkela . For Bhilai and Durgapur Steel Plants, the preliminary work was done by the Iron and Steel Ministry . From April 1957, the supervision and control of these two steel plants were also transferred to Hindustan Steel. The registered office was originally in New Delhi. It moved to Calcutta in July 1956, and ultimately to Ranchi in December 1959. A new steel company, Bokaro Steel Limited ( Bokaro Steel Plant ),
646-678: The Indian government. Aside from Steel Authority of India Limited, the other venturers are Coal India , Rashtriya Ispat Nigam , National Minerals Development Corporation and National Thermal Power Corporation . ICVL acquired a 65 percent stake in the Benga coal mine from the Rio Tinto Group in July 2014. SAIL had signed a 50:50 joint venture with RITES for setting up a wagon components manufacturing facility at Kulti in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district . The total investment for this project
684-686: The Internet, is a 50:50 venture promoted by SAIL and TATA Steel. Founded in February 2001, it is today not only India's largest eCommerce company (having eTransacted worth over Rs. 900 billion till date) but also runs the world's largest eMarketplace for steel. SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to set up a 2.2 MT slag based cement plant at Bhilai. The company shall commence cement production at Bhilai by March'2010, whereas clinker production at Satna shall start within 2009. SAIL has incorporated another joint venture company with M/s JaiPrakash Associates Ltd to set up
722-658: The captive power plants at Rourkela, Durgapur and Bhilai with a combined capacity of 314 MW. It has installed additional capacity by implementation of 500 MW (2 x 250 MW Units) power plant at Bhilai. The commercial generation of Unit 1 commenced in April 2009 and the Unit 2 in October 2009. During FY2013-14, NSPCL generated 6156.091 MU of electricity with a PLF of 86.33% Established in 2001, A 50:50 joint venture between Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and
760-586: The company achieve its highest-ever numbers in terms of profitability. Source: Of the 33 Prime Minister's Shram Awards announced for 2010 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, 17 of which went to PSUs, SAIL employees won 11 awards. Of the total number of 76 awardees for the year, 45 belong to SAIL – a remarkable distinction for any organisation. Maharatna SAIL has received the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for
798-511: The company. However, SAIL, by virtue of its Maharatna status in May 2010, enjoys significant operational and financial autonomy. Amarendu Prakash is the current chairman. As of 31 March 2015, SAIL has 93,352 employees, as compared to 170,368 (as of 31 March 2002). There has been a continuous reduction of headcount over the past few years due to enhanced productivity and rationalised manpower. The total requirement of its main raw material, iron ore ,
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#1732876517631836-639: The development of Hajigak iron ore mines in Afghanistan. The consortium, in November 2011, had won the mining rights for three iron ore mines which are said to contain 1.28 billion tonnes of rich reserves. SAIL has decided to outsource development of two virgin iron ore mines at Rowghat in Chhattisgarh and Chiria in Jharkhand with an annual capacity of 14 and 15 million tonnes, respectively. The development of each mine
874-453: The fifties. A new township at Chhotodighari was ready for occupation by 1959. Along with the development of the company’s township, several areas such as Subashpally, Santinagar, Puranahat, Rahmatnagar and Rambandh developed over the years filling up the area between the old villages of Hirapur and Narsinghbandh. The Indian Standard Wagon Company, founded in 1918, shared the facilities in the company’s township at Burnpur. In 1976, Burn & Co.
912-613: The increased production of various items prior to and post expansion. On 25 May 2012, Steel Authority of India Limited entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of West Bengal and Burn Standard Company Ltd. for setting up of a Railway Wagon factory of approximately ₹ 210 crore (US$ 25 million). This project will create an approximate 75,300 jobs. The company also looking to establish one full capacity integrated plant in Andhra Pradesh or Telangana and surveying
950-436: The other schools are: Bari Vidyalaya High School Burnpur Riverside School, Manik Chand Thakur Institution at Hirapur, Subhaspally Bidyaniketan , Shantinagar Vidyamandir, From the early years, the social and cultural life at Burnpur evolved around the club, a typical English institution. Burnpur Club was started in 1920. It was earlier named Hirapur Officers Club, and then known as Senior Club for many years. The club building
988-583: The possibilities to set up the plant. The plant, which was proposed to be the first steel plant of such scale in the state, was estimated to get an investment of Rs. 4,400 crore. Subhaspally Bidyaniketan Subhaspally Bidyaniketan is a school in Burnpur , Asansol . The school is located near the Burnpur bus stand. The school was established in the year of 1964. This is H.S school under W.B.H.S.E board having girls and boys section separately. The morning session
1026-495: The remaining through imports. For improving coking coal security, the company is also making efforts for development of new coking coal blocks at Tasra and Sitanalla. SAIL is also India's largest miner of minerals that are involved in the steel making process, such as iron ore and coking coal . During FY 2019–2020, the company mined 32.406 million tonnes of steel making minerals. SAIL produced 13.9 million tonnes of crude steel by operating at 103% of its installed capacity, which
1064-423: The reorganisation of Asansol Municipal Corporation in 2015. The census data is available on ward basis for the pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation. Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers ward nos. 9, 18, 20, 34 to 50 of pre-2015 Asansol municipal corporation and certain gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block. These wards of pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation broadly cover the Burnpur area. As per
1102-493: The spouses of IISCO Steel Plant employees are Women’s Voluntary Services and Burnpur Mahila Samaj. Burnpur Stadium is the centre of extensive sporting activities. Amongst the other centres are: Burnpur Cricket Club Ground , ISP Sports House and ISP Boxing Centre. Steel Authority of India Limited Steel Authority of India Limited ( SAIL ) is an Indian public sector steel manufacturing corporation based in New Delhi . It
1140-491: The total crude steel production capacity of HSL was raised to 3.7 MT in 1968–69 and subsequently to 4 MT in 1972–73. IISCO was taken over as a subsidiary in 1978 and later merged in 2006. The hot metal production capacity of the company will further increase and is expected to reach a level of 50 million tonnes per annum by 2025. The Ministry formulated a policy statement to revamp industry management, presented to Parliament on 2 December 1972. This initiative proposed creating
1178-528: The village directory of Burdwan district compiled by the Post Master General of Bengal in 1884. The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol , on the Howrah-Delhi main line , was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891. A railway station, named Narsinghbandh came up on that line, near Hirapur. The Indian Iron and Steel Company was incorporated on 11 March 1918. The iron works of IISCO
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1216-760: The year 2011. The award, in recognition of SAIL's initiatives and achievements in the field of environment management, was presented by Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram on 24 June 2011 74 of a total of 128 awardees who have won the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) are from SAIL. The 15 out of 28 awards won by SAIL went to our 74 employees for the performance year 2008. Bhilai Steel Plant won 7 such awards involving 36 employees, Bokaro Steel Plant won 6 awards involving 29 employees. Durgapur Steel Plant and Salem Steel Plant both won 1 award each involving five and four employees respectively. SAIL employees have won 4 out of 5 awards of Class A, which
1254-558: Was ₹ 205 crore (equivalent to ₹ 460 crore or US$ 55 million in 2023) in West Bengal , and commercial production began from December 2016. It manufactures, sells, markets, distributes and exports railway wagons, including high-end specialised wagons, wagon prototypes, fabricated components/parts of railway vehicles, rehabilitation of industrial locomotives, etc., for the domestic market. The Government of India owns about 65% of SAIL's equity and retains voting control of
1292-568: Was amalgamated with the Indian Standard Wagon Company and renamed Burn Standard Company . On 4 April 2018, the Government of India approved the liquidation of Burn Standard Company. Asansol Municipal Corporation emerged as a municipal corporation in 1994 with the merger of Burnpur Notified Area Authority, some rural parts of Asansol community development block and some colliery areas within Asansol Municipality. Burnpur
1330-626: Was inaugurated by Sir Rajen Mookerjee . Crescent Club was popular in the earlier days, but closed down later. Bharati Bhaban was also started in 1920, initially known as Hirapur Indian Association, then as Burnpur Indian Association and finally as Bharati Bhaban in 1948. Almost anybody who has made a mark in the Bengali cultural arena has performed at Bharati Bhaban. Stalwarts such as Bade Ghulam Ali Khan , Allauddin Khan , Ravi Shankar , Bhimsen Joshi and M.S. Subbulakshmi have performed at Bharati Bhaban. There
1368-500: Was incorporated on 29 January 1964 to construct and operate the steel plant at Bokaro. The 1 MT phases of Bhilai and Rourkela Steel Plants were completed by the end of December 1961. The 1 MT phase of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in January 2008. After commissioning of the Wheel and Axle plant. The crude steel production of HSL went up from 1.58 MT (1959–60) to 1.6 MT. The second phase of
1406-519: Was subsequently changed to Burnpur . The Steel Corporation of Bengal was incorporated on 20 April 1937 with Burn & Co. as managing agents. SCOB established steel making facilities at Napuria, adjacent to the Hirapur Works of IISCO and the plant was named Napuria Works. In 1953, SCOB was amalgamated with IISCO. Napuria Works producing steel coalesced with Hirapur Works producing iron to form Burnpur Works of IISCO. IISCO went in for major extensions in
1444-415: Was to be located at Hirapur and was subsequently named Hirapur Works. As the construction of the plant prodeccess, there was brisk activity at Hirapur and the adjoining jungle villages of Santa, Narsinghbandh, Napuria and Dharampur. As Burn & Company played an important role in the setting up of the entire project, the upcoming township was christened Burnpur. The name of the railway station, Narsinghbandh,
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