Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi lauded the new technology of the largest fertilizer cooperative IFFCO’s Nano DAP and called it a game changer for farmers of the country.
While retweeting the tweet written by Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukhbhai Mandaviya, PM wrote, “An important step towards making life easier for our farmer brothers and sisters.”
It bears recalling that IFFCO’s Nano DAP got the approval by the Union Agriculture Ministry and notified in the fertilizer Control Order (FCO) on Friday.
In his tweet, Mandaviya wrote, “Another big achievement towards self-sufficiency in fertilizers! After Nano Urea, the Government of India has now approved Nano DAP”.
“Under Prime Minister @NarendraModi ji’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, this success is going to give immense benefits to the farmers. Now a bag of DAP will also be available in the form of a bottle of DAP”, the minister’s tweet further reads.
Elated with the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IFFCO MD wrote, “Hearty thanks to Honorable Prime Minister @narendramodi ji who inspired us for IFFCO Nano DAP. Nano Fertilizer by IFFCO is a concrete step towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat, Self-reliant Agriculture’ and “Prosperity through Cooperation” along with soil and environment protection and prosperity of farmers”, reads a Hindi tweet by Awasthi.
Meanwhile, the plants for the production of Nano DAP are being set up at Paradeep, Kalol and Kandla and the production is set to be started from July this year. In the last three months, IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi had been giving hints of its arrival in various meetings.
The plant is being set up at the cost of Rs 250 crore at IFFCO’s Kalo Unit in Gujarat and it will be fully automatic. It can produce 150 half liter bottles in a minute.
The newly developed IFFCO Nano DAP will not only reduce the cost in comparison to conventional DAP but also cut down the subsidy. It is said that the one bottle of Nano DAP would cost around Rs 600.
Currently, the cost of one bag of conventional DAP is Rs1,350, while the actual cost of a bag is Rs 4,000. The gap between actual cost and prices paid by the farmers is borne by the government under the fertiliser subsidy head.
Earlier, the farmers of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan used Nano DAP on wheat crops. It was also tried on the Barley crop in Hanumangarh, showing encouraging results.
