There is an effort by the Modi govt to revive the sick fertilizer plants in the country. The concerned Minister Ananth Kumar has made a move in this direction on Monday.
The Minister held a meeting with the Minister of Steel& Mines Narendra Singh Tomar and the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan.
The group of Ministers deliberated on issues relating to revival of sick units of Fertiliser Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and also those of Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation Ltd. (HFCL).
The FCIL sick fertilizers units at Sindri, (Jharkhand), Gorakpur (Uttar Pradesh), Ramagundam (Andhra Pradesh), and Talcher (Orissa) and un commissioned unit at Korba (Chhatisgarh) have certain issues relating to supply of gas and land related issues that belong to the Steel Authority of India.
Problems relating to revival of fertilizer units of HFCL at Barauni in Bihar and Durgapur and Haldia in West Bengal were also discussed in Monday’s meeting.
Readers would be aware that fertilizer production in the country is handled to a great extent by the cooperative sector with IFFCO alone catering to more than 25 percent of national needs through its 40 thousand member co-operative societies spread across the country.
