CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A steel plant would soon come up at Manoharpur in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said here today. The Vedanta group and Jharkhand Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) would jointly set up the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is located in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. It is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet help. It was incorporated as a limited company in 1964.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bokaro, in full Bokaro Steel City, city and metropolitan area, eastern Jharkhand state, northeastern India. It lies along the Damodar River, just west of one of India’s largest iron and steel plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bokaro Steel Plant-the fourth integrated plant in the Public Sector-started taking shape in 1965 in collaboration with the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jamshedpur is famous for iron and steel plant in India. TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi, near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Jharkhand. Later on Sakchi was renamed Jamshedpur. Geographically, Jamshedpur is the most conveniently situated iron and steel centre in the country.