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Steel Ministry responsible for RINL mishap?
A heartrending mishap that tugs at the heartstrings! The buck stops here!
At least nine employees lost their lives and many injured in the incident that took place in the plant of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) on June 8, 2026. But the onus is not fixed on anyone.
There is prima facie appearance that the Ministry is held responsible for this unfortunate incident. The Ministry has always been laying emphasis on ambitious targets for a permanent reduction in production costs by reducing the manpower cost through voluntary retirement, compulsory retirement and premature retirement.
It is heartening to note why the Steel Minister is silent on the conducts of the Secretary Steel?
It has been gathered that Sandeep Poundrik wants a 35% reduction in the manpower. The reduced employees are experiencing overloaded. Downsized manpower is posing a threat and causing such incidents. The Ministry wants more production with a handful of employees.
At least nine employees lost their lives and many injured in the incident that took place in the plant of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) on June 8, 2026. But the onus is not fixed on anyone.
There is prima facie appearance that the Ministry is held responsible for this unfortunate incident. The Ministry has always been laying emphasis on ambitious targets for a permanent reduction in production costs by reducing the manpower cost through voluntary retirement, compulsory retirement and premature retirement.
It is heartening to note why the Steel Minister is silent on the conducts of the Secretary Steel?
It has been gathered that Sandeep Poundrik wants a 35% reduction in the manpower. The reduced employees are experiencing overloaded. Downsized manpower is posing a threat and causing such incidents. The Ministry wants more production with a handful of employees.
While quoting the example of RINL, Poundrik had said that they (RINL) also use to give lame excuses for not reducing the manpower. However, the moment “I said that I would prepare the list myself, the same day RINL submitted the list for manpower reduction”. He said the same strategy would have to be followed here in SAIL.
Since the day Poundrik joined as Secretary in the Ministry of Steel, he has been a strong votary of usage of FR 56(j) for giving premature retirement to employees of the PSUs under his ministry.
The extent of his irrational fixation to invoke FR 56(j) is such that he forced SAIL to prematurely retire 11 officers on Feb 11, 2025 going against the public interest and pressurising SAIL to overstep its own stated policy on this subject.
The conspiracy of giving premature retirement by invoking FR 56(j) was hatched by the Ministry of Steel and SAIL for Rajeev Bhatia, The Whistle Blower who has exposed Rs 800 CR corruption in SAIL. So that his case is not seen as an isolated one, 10 more officers were also brought into the net deliberately.
Apart from the RINL incident, more than one dozen regular and contract labourers have lost their lives in various units of SAIL in the last two years. The deceased are: Om Prakash, Bhilai; Manoj Kumar, Bokaro; Kedar Pan, Ramnagar Koliyari; Charan Kuamr Mahto, Gua Mines; Sheel Jogi Sharma, Bokaro; Abhiram Mahto, Raurkela; Sunil Kumar Sinha, Burnpur; Binay Kumar, Bokaro; Akash Mandal, Durgapur; Brajesh Mahtha, Bokaro; Devendra Chandrakar and Harshvardhan Nishad, Bhilai etc.
A must read article at following link:
https://bureaugram.com/news/steel-secretary-bent-on-downsizing-35-manpower-in-sail-by-invoking-fr-56j
Since the day Poundrik joined as Secretary in the Ministry of Steel, he has been a strong votary of usage of FR 56(j) for giving premature retirement to employees of the PSUs under his ministry.
The extent of his irrational fixation to invoke FR 56(j) is such that he forced SAIL to prematurely retire 11 officers on Feb 11, 2025 going against the public interest and pressurising SAIL to overstep its own stated policy on this subject.
The conspiracy of giving premature retirement by invoking FR 56(j) was hatched by the Ministry of Steel and SAIL for Rajeev Bhatia, The Whistle Blower who has exposed Rs 800 CR corruption in SAIL. So that his case is not seen as an isolated one, 10 more officers were also brought into the net deliberately.
Apart from the RINL incident, more than one dozen regular and contract labourers have lost their lives in various units of SAIL in the last two years. The deceased are: Om Prakash, Bhilai; Manoj Kumar, Bokaro; Kedar Pan, Ramnagar Koliyari; Charan Kuamr Mahto, Gua Mines; Sheel Jogi Sharma, Bokaro; Abhiram Mahto, Raurkela; Sunil Kumar Sinha, Burnpur; Binay Kumar, Bokaro; Akash Mandal, Durgapur; Brajesh Mahtha, Bokaro; Devendra Chandrakar and Harshvardhan Nishad, Bhilai etc.
A must read article at following link:
https://bureaugram.com/news/steel-secretary-bent-on-downsizing-35-manpower-in-sail-by-invoking-fr-56j
