The Union government invited EoIs for the steel plant on March 27 this year as a first step towards privatising it, following the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs' approval for its complete disinvestment in January 2021. Bids were invited from private businesses and manufacturers of steel to provide working capital and buy the steel plant’s output. Reportedly, the
CH Narasinga Rao, chairman of Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee, said it was unanimously decided to further bolster the Visakhapatnam steel plant movement. The activists, who have been relentlessly fighting against the Centre's decision on privatization of the Visakhapatnam steel plant, said large-scale protests would be staged to mark the 365 - day anniversary of
RTI: No Record Of Pawan Kalyan's Query On VSP Privatization: The Union Finance Ministry said there was no information in the records held by the Chief Information Commissioner about any requests or replies made to Jana Sena Party chief and actor Pawan Kalyan on the Visakhapatnam steel plant privatization issue.