Rourkela (Staff Correspondent): The signing of Annual Accounts of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) including Odisha Group of Mines (OGM) was held on Wednesday at Manthan Conference Hall marking culmination of another successful fiscal year in the history of RSP. The finalized financial statements of RSP were signed by Alok Verma, Director In-Charge, RSP and A.K Behuria, ED (F&A), RSP and CA G.C.Das, on behalf of the Statutory Auditors, M/s GNS & Associates.Present on the occasion were Tarun Misra, ED (HR), B R Palai, ED (Works), Anil Kumar, ED(MM), M P Singh, ED (Mines) and Senior officers of F&A and alongside esteemed auditors from Messer GNS & Associates .
Addressing the gathering, Verma expressed happiness over the successful closure of the Annual Accounts for the fiscal year 2024-25. He extended heartfelt appreciation to the Finance & Accounts team for their tireless efforts and acknowledged the independent and timely audit completion by M/s GNS & Associates. Recognizing auditors as more than just compliance enforcers, Verma emphasized that their observations and suggestions are constructive and instrumental in the continuous improvement journey of the plant. “These inputs will be carefully examined and appropriate corrective actions will be taken,” he assured. He also called upon all departments to take the audit observations seriously and stressed the need to sensitize teams towards financial discipline.
Speaking on the occasion, Behuria, expressed gratitude to the auditors for successful and timely completion of audit for FY 2024-25. He highlighted the exhaustive scrutiny and analysis undertaken by the auditors, welcomed the various suggestions given by them and acknowledged their role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the financial statements.
The representative of M/s GNS & Associates expressed their happiness over the cooperation received from RSP management for successful and timely completion of audit. He also lauded RSP management for its unwavering dedication towards cost reduction and cost control measures adopted during Fiscal Year 2024-25.
The function was coordinated by Sushmit Kaur, Deputy Manager (F&A) Main Accounts.
