Briefly write about ‘Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Works’? - Vidyadip

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Briefly write about ‘Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Works’?

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Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Works is a new name of Mysore Iron and Steel Works. It was started in the year 1923 at Bhadravati. It was formerly a private sector concern. Since 1962, it is in the public sector and is owned by the Central Government and State Government of Karnataka and has been renamed Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd.

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