IFFCO order to set up 3rd oxygen plant in Uttar Pradesh

Indian Farmers Fertilizers Corporation on Sunday gave the order to set up its third oxygen plant in Uttar Pradesh, at Prayagraj  and will commence operation from May 30th and will supply for free of cost to hospitals in the state. The capacity of the oxygen plant in Prayagraj Phulphur unit  will be 130 cubic meters per hour.

The plant will generate medical grade oxygen and fill 450 big D type cylinders daily and 150 medium B size cylinders on demand supplied to all the hospitals free from May 30. The IFFCO is setting up a total of four oxygen plants in the country at a cost of about Rupees 30 crore. Two plants will be established in Uttar Pradesh- one at Aonla in Bareilly and the other one in Phulphur in Prayagraj and one each plant is coming at Paradeep (Odisha) and Kalol (Gujarat). 

IFFCO, Prasar Bharati sign MoU to broadcast & promote new agriculture technology & innovations

Prasar Bharati and Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited, IFFCO have signed a MoU to broadcast and promote new agriculture technology and innovations. According to the agreement, DD Kisan will broadcast various innovative techniques being adopted in agriculture field in easy language through 30 minutes program series for the benefit of farmers. To make the farmers Atmanirbhar, it is necessary that these new agriculture techniques and their implementation should be explained to the farmers. The MoU will help in achieving this objective. IFFCO’s innovations will be shared with farmers in easy language through DD Kisan in approximate 25 episodes. Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, Dr K. Vijay
Raghavan stated this initiative as a historic step for the betterment of farmers. Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati called this a matter of pride. He said, through this medium the information will be shared with the farmers in an easy language. Mr Vempati said, these programs will also be broadcast through digitial medium so that the young farmers can benefit
from the initiative. Managing Director of IFFCO, Dr. U S Awasthi said that IFFCO has prepared alternative of Urea which is Nanotechnology based and will help farmers. He said, it is a matter of joy that the innovations which can benefit farmers immensely will now be broadcasted on DD Kisan. Dr Awasthi said, it will also help to achieve the target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022.

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No plan to increase rate of DAP & NPK fertilizers: IFFCO

Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) today reiterated that it has no plan to increase the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of DAP and NPK fertilizers. IFFCO Managing Director U.S Awasthi said that though there is a huge spike in the cost of raw materials in the international market, they are not going to increase the price of fertilizers. He said there is no plan to increase the MRP of DAP and NPK fertilizers during Rabi season as IFFCO aims to serve the farmer community by reducing input agriculture cost for them.

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