21st July, 2003
Ministry of Steel  


DCI&S CLOSURE


Lok Sabha

The Government has closed the office of the Development Commissioner for Iron and Steel (DCI&S) and declared staff as surplus in pursuance of the recommendations of the Expenditure Reforms Commission (ERC) constituted by the Government. Due process is being followed in terms of detailed instructions issued by the Division for Retraining and Redeployment of the Department of Personnel & Training for subsequent redeployment.

This information was given by the Minister for Steel Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.