OREANDA-NEWS. A meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Steel and Mines was held in New Delhi on 10-5-2016 for reviewing the functioning of HCL and MSTC Ltd. Presided over by the Minister of Steel and Mines Shri Narendra Singh tomar, the meeting reviewed the progress achieved in the field of Copper by the Hindustan Copper Limited HCL and the challenges and opportunities in Copper Sector in India. The meeting also reviewed the functioning of the revamped MSTC limited and its role in the E-Auctioning and E-Tendering processes in the Government and Public Sector Organisations. The Union Steel & Mines Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chairing the meeting said that the two organizations have shown a high growth in their respective fields and are contributing hugely in the “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes oh the NDA government. There is a huge potential for both these organisations to make more contribution towards growth in the country.

The meeting was attended by the following Members of Parliament:

Members of Lok Sabha included Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, BJP, Jamshedpur (Bihar); Shri Bodh Singh Bhagat, BJP, Balaghat (MP); Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal, BJP, Maharajganj (Bihar); Shri Laxman Giluwa, BJP, Singhbhum (Jharkhand); Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, BJP, Chandauli (UP); Shri Shyama Charan Gupta, BJP, Allahabad (UP); and Member of Rajya Sabha Shri Husain Dalwai, INC, Maharashtra.

The Members of Parliament came out with various suggestions and the Union Minister assured to look into the suggestions.

The Minister of State for Steel and Mines Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, the Secretary Steel, Smt. Aruna Sunderarajan, the Secretary Mines, Shri Balvinder Kumar, the Chairman and Managing Director MSTC Limited, Shri Shailendra Krishna Tripathi, the CMD HCL Shri Kailash Dhar Diwan and senior officials of Ministry of Steel and Ministry of Mines and officials from HCL and MSTC also attended the meeting.