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RINL Is In Serious Financial Trouble’: Government Injects Rs 1,650 Crore into State-Owned Entity

RINL is in serious financial trouble, and the steel ministry is taking several steps to keep RINL as a going concern in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, according to an official document.

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‘RINL Is In Serious Financial Trouble’: Government Injects Rs 1,650 Crore into State-Owned Entity

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Last Updated:November 03, 2024, 11:50 IST

RINL is in serious financial trouble, and the steel ministry is taking several steps to keep RINL as a going concern in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, according to an official document.

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), under the Ministry of Steel, is a steel manufacturing company.

The government has infused around Rs 1,650 crore in state-owned RINL, which is facing operational and financial issues, according to an official note by the Ministry of Steel. It said the government is also taking various measures to keep RINL as a going concern.

“In this regard, the Government of India has infused Rs 500 crore towards equity on September 19, 2024, and a working capital loan of Rs 1,140 crore on September 27, 2024,” according to the document.

It also said that SBICAPS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI), is preparing a report on the sustainability of RINL.

“RINL is in serious financial trouble, and the (Steel) Ministry is taking several steps to keep RINL as a going concern in consultation with the Ministry of Finance,” it added.

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), under the Ministry of Steel, is a steel manufacturing company. It owns a 7.5 million tonne plant at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The company has been facing severe financial and operational issues.

Two of the three blast furnaces (BF) were closed till October 2028, when the second BF was made operationalised after nearly 4-6 months. The overall dues of RINL have gone above Rs 35,000 crore.

In January 2021, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its ‘in-principle’ approval for 100 per cent disinvestment of government stake in RINL, also called Visakhapatnam Steel Plant or Vizag Steel, along with RINL’s stake in its subsidiaries/joint ventures through strategic disinvestment by way of privatisation.

The government’s decision to privatise the company has attracted resentment from workers’ unions, which cite RINL not having the advantage of having captive iron ore mines as one of the major reasons for the crisis being faced by the company.

RINL never had captive mines. All other primary steel makers who make steel through blast furnaces enjoy the benefit of captive mines. It helps with the cost of raw materials. We have always bought iron ore at market price. You also add transportation cost to it,” said J Ayodhya Ram, leader of a union protesting against privatisation of RINL.

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