Currently into oil, power, logistics, mining, retail, and infrastructure, the Essar Group was founded by the Ruia brothers Shashikant Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969
Essar is in a renewed phase of making strategic investments in the field of energy transition, power and port sectors in the state and aims to create over 10,000 job opportunities in the state with these projects, it said in a statement
"Essar has concluded its asset monetisation programme and completed the debt repayment of $25 billion effectively making the group debt-free from Indian banks and financial institutions," an official statement said.