Question

Tata Iron and steel industry is located at ____________.
(A) Durgapur
(B) Burnpur
(C) Jamshedpur
(D) Bhiali

Answer 1

Hint: Tata Steel is among the top steel producing companies in the world with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum. It is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group (excluding SEA operations) recorded a consolidated turnover of US$19.7 billion in the financial year ending 31 March 2020. It is the second largest steel company in India (measured by domestic production) with an annual capacity of 13 million tonnes after SAIL.

Complete Solution:
Tata Steel operates in 26 countries with key operations in India, Netherlands and United Kingdom, and employs around 80,500 people.Its largest plant (10 MTPA capacity) is located in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. In 2007, Tata Steel acquired the UK-based steelmaker Corus. It was ranked 486th in the 2014 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.It was the seventh most valuable Indian brand of 2013 according to Brand Finance.
In July 2019 Tata Steel Kalinganagar (TSK) was included in the list of the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Global Lighthouse Network, showing leadership in applying Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to drive financial and operational impact.
Tata Steel Limited, formerly Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), is an Indian multinational steel-making company based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, and is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group.Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was founded by Jamsetji Tata and established by Dorabji Tata on 26 August 1907. TISCO started pig iron production in 1911 and began producing steel in 1912 as a branch of Jamsetji's Tata Group.The first steel ingot was manufactured on 16 February 1912. During the First World War (1914-1918), the company made rapid progress. By 1939, it operated the largest steel plant in the British Empire. The company launched a major modernization and expansion program in 1951.

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In 1958, the program was upgraded to 2 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) project.By 1970, the company employed around 40,000 people at Jamshedpur, and a further 20,000 in the neighbouring coal mines. In 1971 and 1979, there were unsuccessful attempts to nationalise the company. In 1990, the company began to expand, and established its subsidiary, Tata Inc., in New York. The company changed its name from TISCO to Tata Steel Ltd. in 2005.