Indian govt lays emphasis on manufacturing nano fertilizers

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilisers, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya visited Madras Fertilisers Limited (MFL) in Chennai on June 26, 2022. He reviewed the progress of the Company and understood challenges and elaborated on the opportunities and also directed the company to work towards the fulfilling needs of our farmers.

Union chemicals and Fertiliser Minister further said that he has also brought in the vision 2027 which envisions inclusion of phosacid plant, installation of granulator to produce DAP, installation of RLNG based captive power plant of 20 MW, installation of additional NPK stream to make total NPK production of 5LMT and diversification into trading different fertilizer products.

Dr Mandaviya asked MFL to search for opportunities to shift to nano urea production which will change the face of fertiliser usage in India tomorrow.

Furrther, Dr Mandaviya congratulated the team for having achieved a milestone in their journey towards the collective effort of Atmanirbharta in fertilisers. He also stated that MFL has successfully supplied over 32 per cent of the state of Tamil Nadu requirements of neem coated urea of 4.5 LMT in Kharif 2022, while it has produced and supplied nearly 82 per cent of Puducherry’s Kharif requirement of 7300 MT.