
The Central Bureau of Investigation has initiated investigations in two cases relating to alleged irregularities in steel major SAIL's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, Parliament was informed on Monday. "The CBI has since initiated investigation in two cases relating to irregularities in CSR activities of SAIL," Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. ...

04:53 PM, Mar 18, 2013

The Cabinet deferred the stake sale in SAIL since Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma is not present in Delhi. ...

01:40 PM, Jul 12, 2012

New Delhi: The Cabinet on Thursday deferred a decision on selling 10.82 per cent stake in Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) as Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma was away on official tour. The Steel Minister is in Tokyo on an official tour and could not attend the Cabinet meeting. In the absence of Verma and Steel Secretary, who is also in Tokyo, the Cabinet did not take up the...

12:19 PM, Jul 12, 2012

New Delhi: Peeved at the appointment of “activists” in the forest panel for clearing Rs 54,000 crore steel project of Posco, Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh advised Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to be “pragmatic". “The approach has to be pragmatic and not dogmatic. When there is an issue of development some sort of compromises have to be made,” said Singh, when asked as to what his advice would be for Jairam...

07:06 PM, Oct 27, 2010

There are investment proposals of Rs 11 lakh crore in the steel sector. ...

02:08 PM, May 29, 2009

The Steel sector has been particularly hit by production cuts and price reductions. ...

09:49 PM, Feb 03, 2009