Of the 232 PSU awardees of Prime Minister's Shram awards for the performance years 2011 to 2016, 64% are from SAIL. A total of 148 SAIL employees including 5 women received 34 of these awards. The awardees were felicitated by SAIL Chairman SAIL PK Singh in the presence of all functional Directors of the Company in a function held at SCOPE Complex in New Delhi. Congratulating the awardees on their achievement, the Chairman said "These awards are recognition of our employees' specific innovative contribution of enhancing productivity and efficiency in the work area. Such recognition ignite the zeal to perform in the entire workforce." He added that such cultural transformation will make the organization world class. These awards are also a testimony to the fact that SAIL as a Company values and nurtures innovativeness at the workplace and the dedicated workforce of the Company is always encouraged to bring their best foot forward. Among the 148 awardees of SAIL, 78 are from SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant, 60 from SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant and 10 employees are from SAIL's Bokaro Steel Plant. The awards were given by Hon'ble Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu yesterday at a function held in Vigyan Bhawan.