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SAIL sweeps majority Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar

| | Sep 19, 2015, at 12:51 am
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS) In a function held at SCOPE, Steel Authority of India Ltd.’s (SAIL) Director (Finance) Anil K. Chaudhary, Director (Technical), S.S. Mohanty and Director (Commercial), Binod Kumar felicitated SAIL employees who have won 15 out of the total 28 prestigious Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) for the performance year 2013.

Out of the total 132 awardees, 86 awardees are from SAIL, who claimed majority of the awards. The Vishwakarma Rashtriya Awards are a public recognition of outstanding achievements and innovations on the part of the workers in increasing productivity, quality, safety, working conditions, etc.

The awards are given to individuals belonging to Industrial Undertakings both in the public and private sector.

Earlier, Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Bandaru Dattatreya presented the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) to the awardees at a special ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan on Sept 17.

It is noteworthy that the estimated annual savings resulting from implementation of the innovative works mentioned in SAIL's award winning projects are approximately over Rs 117.12 crores (Recurring) & Rs 86.39 crores (One time).

Awardees of SAIL plants included employees from Bhilai Steel Plant, Bokaro Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant, Durgapur Steel Plant and Salem Steel Plant. 

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