The 70th Independence Day of the country was celebrated across SAIL with traditional fervor and festivity. Chairman, SAIL, P.K. Singh hoisted the national flag at the company headquarters to mark the event. He exhorted the SAIL collective to perform their duty with utmost dedication and honesty in order to live up to the expectations of the founding fathers of the country from the Public Sector Enterprises. Also present on the occasion was Anil Chaudhary, Director (Finance), Binod Kumar, Director (Commercial), N. Mohapatra, Director (Personnel),G. Vishwakarma, Director (Projects and Business Planning), Raman, Director (Technical) and S.K. Singh, CVO, SAIL along with employees and their families. Addressing SAIL employees, Shri Singh emphasized on the need for internalizing the core values on which the PSUs were formed and work cohesively to meet the challenges of the future. He reminded the gathering of the contributions made by the company to nation building. He enthused employees by reiterating the collective commitment of talking the nation to new heights by harnessing strengths and having all inclusive growth. Further outlining the goals for the organization he said that all actions must be customer and business centric. Elaborating on the efforts of the Government of India and the contribution of SAIL he said, “In conjunction with the many initiatives by the Government for increasing steel demand, it is our responsibility as the leading steel producer in the country to increase steel consumption by propagating the advantages of steel over other materials.”