Question

How many primary integrated steel plants are there in India?

• A. 10
• B. 15
• C. 5
• D. 20

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

10

Name	Location
Tata Iron and Steel Corporation(TISCO)	Jamshedpur,Jharkhand
Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant	Bhadravati, Karnataka
Bhilai Steel Plant	Chattisgarh
Durgapur Steel Plant	Durgapur,West Bengal
Bokaro Steel Plant	Jharkhand
Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant	Chandrapur,Maharashtra
IISCO Steel Plant	Asansol,West Bengal
Salem Steel Plant	Tamil Nadu
JSW steel plant	Hospet,Bellary,Karnataka
Vizag steel	Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh

There are at present 10 primary integrated steel plants in India. SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) is the major public sector company in this sector and TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company) is the major private sector company in this industry.