CMDs of stakeholder PSUs agreed to expedite their internal process on the Namrup project.
A meeting was held on January 21, 2021, under the chairmanship of DV Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers regarding the upcoming 12.7 lakh MMTPA capacity urea plant at Namrup. The meeting was attended by Rameshwar Teli, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Finance Minister of Assam, Chandra Mohan Patowary, Minister of Industries & Commerce of Assam, RK Chaturvedi, Secretary (Fertilisers), Dharam Pal, Additional Secretary (Fertilisers), Shri Sushil Chandra Mishra, CMD (OIL), S Mudgerikar, CMD (RCF), Asim Kumar Ghosh, CMD (BVFCL), Nirlep Singh Rai, Director (NFL) and others.
Gowda said that bringing development in the North East region is a priority of the present Government under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. It is therefore imperative to expedite the process of setting up of a new state of art urea unit at Namrup in line with the vision of the Prime Minister to attain self-sufficiency in urea production. The urea unit will be able not only to cater demands of local farmers for fertilizers but surplus if any could also to be exported to neighboring countries in South Asia. He impressed upon the CMDs of stakeholder PSUs to conclude their internal process regarding this project at the earliest.
Biswas conveyed that the Government of Assam is ready to extend all kinds of support to the Namrup project, including financial support to the best extent possible.
CMDs of stakeholder PSUs agreed to expedite their internal process on the Namrup project.
