Steel Plants | Year of Establishment | Collaborating Country | Location |
IISCO | 1870-1913 (Private initially) | (Nationalised in 1972) | Kulti and Burnpur (W.B.) |
TISCO | 1907 (Private ownership) | Jamshedji Tata | Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) |
VISL | 1923 Pvt. as MISCO | Nationalised later | Bhadravati (Karnataka) |
Bhilal | 1959 (Public sector) | Soviet Union | Bhilai (M.P.) |
Bokaro | 1972 (Public Sector) | Soviet Union | Bokaro (Jharkhand) |
Durgapur | 1959 (Public Sector) | U.K. | Durgapur (W.B.) |
Rourkela | -(Public Sector) | Germany | Rourkela (Orissa) |
Vishakhapatnam | -(Public Sector) | _ | Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh |
Salem | -(Public Sector) | _ | Salem (T.Nadu) |
Vijay Nagar | _(Public Sector) | _ | Karnataka |
(a) Name the only private sector iron and steel plant in India. |
(b) Name the two iron and steel plants established in collabaration with Russia. |
(c) Name the iron and steel plant established in collaboration with Germany. |
Answer:
(i) TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company) at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand is the only private sector iron and steel plant. (ii) Bhilai and Bokaro steel plants are established with Russian collaboration. (iii) Raurkela iron and steel plant is set up with German collaboration.
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