<ul><li>Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has directed its Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to develop a five-year strategic workforce roadmap (SWR) for the period for 2025-26.</li><li>RSP aims to cut the workforce strength by 5,000 to 6,000 employees, in an effort to become lean and achieve more cost efficiency.</li><li>SAIL has identified high labour costs as a critical issue, accounting for over 11% of total expenses, and plans to improve labour productivity.</li><li>RSP may introduce another voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to further reduce staff, following the last VRS offered in 2019.</li></ul>

SAIL to optimise workforce at RSP

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