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Public sector agency that is responsible for producing and marketing steel in India is SAIL, which stands for Steel Authority of India Limited. SAIL is one of the largest steel company in India and one of the top steel makers in world. SAIL has 5 integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur, Bokaro and Burnpur and 3 special steel plants at Salem, Durgapur and Bhadravathi.

Chhattisgarh has the biggest Steel industry SAIL, with a capacity of 5.4 million per year, is regarded as a significant growth indicator of the state.

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This belt inculdes the state of Goa and Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The ores in these mines are not of very high quality. They are exported through Marmagao port. The richest ore deposits are located in North Goa. These areas have the advantage of river transport or ropeways for local transport and that of Marmagao port for exporting the ore. Most of Goa’s iron ore is exported to Japan.

• Bokaro steel plant is located in the district of Bokaro in the state of Jharkhand.
  
• It was founded with the assistance of Soviet Union or USSR.
  
• It was founded in the year 1964.  It is merged with the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
  

Tata Iron And Steel Company (TISCO) is the oldest steel plant in the country. It was established by Jamshedji Tata in 1907 and its production started in 1911. 

Among the given options, Chhota Nagpur plateau has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries.

Iron and steel is a basic industry and forms the backbone of industrial development in any country. It provides raw material for making machinery, electrical machinery, defence equipment, railway tracks, railways engines, bridges, dams, shops, automobiles, houses and a host of other industrial and consumer goods.

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is the largest steel making company in the public sector. It produces iron and steel at five integrated plants at Bhilai, Durgapur, Rourkela, Bokaro and Burnpur and three special steel plants at Salem, Durgapur and Bhadravati.

In the second Five Year Plan, the focus was mainly on heavy industries. The Indian government boosted manufacturing of industrial goods in the country. This was done primarily to develop the public sector. As many as five steel plants including the ones in Durgapur, Jamshedpur as well as Bhilai were set up as per the second five year plan. 

Bhilai.