The government said sales of Nano liquid urea stood at 6.76 crore bottles of 500 ml during August 2021-November 2023 period, reports Pioneer.
In a written reply to a Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Bhagwanth Khuba said the government has notified Nano urea in the Fertilizer Control Order (FCO), 1985.
Three Nano urea plants at Kalol, Phulpur and Aonla with capacity of 17 crore bottles (500 ml each) per annum have been set up by IFFCO, the minister said.
In June 2021, IFFCO launched the world’s first Nano urea fertiliser and now it has developed nano DAP (di-ammonium phosphate).