Tata Steel receives PM's Trophy for best steel plant

Hyderabad, Dec 8 : Tata Steel Ltd has been awarded the Prime Minister's Trophy for 'Best integrated steel plant' for 2014-15 and 2015-16.

This is the third time in a row that the award has been given to Tata Steel.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday presented the award to Anand Sen, President, TQM & Steel Business, Tata Steel and R Rabi Prasad, President, Tata Workers' Union during the Golden Jubliee celebrations of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) here.

The Steel Minister's trophy was given to JSW Steel Ltd, Vijayanagar. Jindal Steel Plant won the first prize for maximum incremental improvement, while Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), Visakhapatnam won the second prize.

Tata Steel has so far been recognised as the best integrated steel plant 12 times; having won the PM's Trophy 10 times since its inception in 1992-93 and received the Certificate for Excellence twice.