Revival of Fertiliser Plants

The Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Ananth Kumar today held a meeting with the Minister of Steel, Mines and Labour & Employment Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dr. Dharmendra Pradhan 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 today’s meeting.

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