Steel Authority of India (SAIL), a public sector unit, is setting up Steel Processing Units (SPUs) at Bettiah in state of Bihar and Kangra in Himachal Pradesh state. The company is also setting up SPUs in Joint Venture (JV) along with the private partners. In JV, it is setting up SPUs in Hoshangabad, Ujjain and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and Lakhimpur and Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh.
SAIL is India's largest steel producing company. The company is among the five Maharatnas of the country's Central Public Sector Enterprises. The company has five integrated steel plants, three special plants, and one subsidiary in different parts of the country.