Union Minister for Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh has assured to convene a meeting of the task force, comprising officials of the Central and Andhra Pradesh governments, NMDC, SAIL, and RINL in the next 10 days to discuss the proposal to set up an integrated steel plant in Kadapa district, MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy has said.
The YSR Congress leader called on the Union Minister in New Delhi and sought establishment of a steel plant in the district as promised in the 13th Schedule of the A.P. Reorganisation Bill, 2014.
Mr. Avinash Reddy told Mr. Birender Singh that his predecessor Narendra Singh Tomar, in a letter to him, stated that a feasibility report was submitted by SAIL in December 2014, and it was forwarded to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Home Affairs the same month.
As the SAIL’s feasibility report deduced that a steel plant, with the given configurations, was not financially viable, the task force meeting held on March 18 this year decided to re-examine the report on the basis of concessions/incentives offered by the State government, the MP said, quoting Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar’s letter.
