Dharmendra Pradhan pushes PSUs to double sourcing of domestic steel pipes

摘要

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday asked state-run companies under his ministry to double sourcing of domestic steel pipes to about four lakh tonne, worth an estimated Rs 4,000 crore, for their pipeline projects by the end of current financial year. According to Pradhan, gas utility GAIL is processing line pipe tenders worth over Rs 1,000 crore requiring one lakh tonne of steel by September for manufacturing 800 km of pipes by domestic bidders.