8th July, 2002
Ministry of Steel  


BHARAT REFRACTORIES REVIVAL PACKAGE


The Government has approved a special package for the revival of Bharat Refractories Ltd. (BRL), Bokaro. The package includes Rs. 90 crore non-plan loan for VRS for reducing manpower from 2766 to 1311, Rs.55 crore non-plan loan for clearing statutory liabilities, Rs.35 crore equity substitution for addition, modification and replacement schemes, a moratorium on repayment of loan and interest upto 2010-11 and Rs.30 core Government guarantee for raising working capital. It also includes all existing plan non-plan loan as on 2000-01 amounting to 97.89 crore into equity and exemption for payment of guarantee fee for guarantee given to Rs.24 crore cash credit unit.