Steel Min to hire consultants to evaluate ISPs for PM award

The Steel Ministry will appoint external consultants to evaluate the parameters for selecting Integrated Steel Plants (ISPs) for the Prime Minister's Trophy based on their overall performance.
The ministry has put up a notice inviting tenders to engage consultants as independent agency for the assessment and evaluation of enabling parameters for the ISPs.
It has also invited tender to engage consultants for the customer satisfaction survey of ISPs.
A total of ten Integrated Steel Plants are eligible to participate in the PM's Trophy Scheme.
Since 1992, the government has been presenting the Prime Minister's Trophy and a cash award of Rs 1 crore each year to the best performing ISP in a bid to generate a sense of competition and improve their performance.

The performance of the plants is judged by a panel headed by the Steel Secretary with members selected from technologists, management experts, trade union leaders, economists and consumers of iron and steel.
Till 2012-13, India's largest steelmaker SAIL's Bhilai plant has taken home the trophy a record 11 times followed by Tata Steel (7), RINL's Vizag Steel plant (2) and JSW Steel (1).