Union Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya has said that the country’s first-ever coal gasification based Talcher Fertiliser plant in Odisha will be ready to be dedicated to the nation by October next year.
Four of these plants are already functional while Talcher is a coal gasification plant which will become functional by October 2024.
Revival of FCIL Talcher unit is being undertaken by Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. (TFL), a company promoted by GAIL (India) Ltd. (GAIL), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF), Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and Fertilizers Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL).