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The first state-owned fertilizer unit was setup in 1951 at Sindri followed by units in Nangal and Trombay. FCIL was then incorporated in 1961 by the Government of India consolidating several public sector fertilizer units into a single undertaking.
Through a series of expansion programmes, FACT soon became the producer of a wide range of fertilizers for all crops and all soil types in India. It became a Kerala State public sector enterprise in 1960 and in 1962, it came under the Government of India. The consultancy unit known as FACT Engineering and Design Organisation (FEDO) was set up ...
NFL is the first company in India to be permitted by the Government of India to produce and market Neem-coated urea. [citation needed] NFL manufactures and markets three types of Bio-Fertilizers namely Rhizobium, Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) and Azotobacter. Starting with a mere 23 MT production in 1995–96, the production has risen ...
Namrup is the first place in India where a natural gas-based fertilizer factory was established - It made use of natural gas, water (in the form of steam) and Nitrogen (from air) to produce urea. At first, it was under the administrative control of FCIL ( Fertilizer Corporation of India ) but later it was transferred to HFCL (Hindustan ...
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF) is an Indian central public sector undertaking which produces chemical and fertilizers and is based in Mumbai. [2] [3] It is under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. RCF is fourth largest government owned-fertilizer-producer in ...
In January 1961, Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCI) was created out of the merger of Sindri Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. and Hindustan Fertilizer and Chemicals Ltd. Between 1961 and 1977, FCI created seventeen fertilizer units. Seven started operating while the remaining ten were at various stages of implementation.
The idea appealed to the Government of India and eminent cooperators of the country. As a result, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) was conceived and registered on 3 November 1967, as a multi-unit cooperative society with the primary objective of production and distribution of fertilizers.
It has three manufacturing plants. The Namrup-II unit was closed up by the company in 1994 due to scant supply of natural gas. The corporation was part of the Fertilizer Corporation of India. [1] It was spun off into a separate entity after re-organization of Fertilizer Corporation of India in early 1978 as per Government Of India's decision.