NE BUSINESS BUREAU
NEW DELHI, OCT 9
Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals India Ltd (GSFC) on Friday launched an indigenous variety of calcium nitrate and boronated calcium nitrate.
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya launched the products via video conference.
Today proudly launched ’Calcium Nitrate’ & 'Boronated Calcium Nitrate' manufactured by @GSFCIndia Ltd.
It is manufactured for the First time in India.
Till now it was 100% imported from other countries.
A decisive step towards #AatmaNirbharBharat and #AatmaNirbharKrishi pic.twitter.com/FiqqdjVPPS
— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@mansukhmandviya) October 8, 2020
Calcium nitrate is used as a water-soluble fertilizer in agriculture. Besides, this product is also used in wastewater treatment and to increase the strength of cement concrete.
Calcium nitrate and boronated calcium nitrate is being manufactured for the first time in India. Till now, it was imported from other countries.
These two products were launched in the retail market for the first time from Solan in Himachal Pradesh and Bhavnagar in Gujarat, an official statement said.
हमारा देश त्यौहारों का देश है। नवरात्रि, दशहरा और दीपावली का त्यौहार नजदीक है…
त्यौहारों के उत्साह में हमें यह भूलना नहीं है की लोकडाउन ख़त्म हुआ है, कोरोना नहीं…
जब तक दवाई नहीं, तब तक ढिलाई नहीं
जीतेगी मानवता, हारेगा कोरोना#United2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/SrS31kr27t— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@mansukhmandviya) October 8, 2020
“There is no doubt that these products will be a great success in the domestic market,” Mandaviya said.
He said GSFC has taken this decisive step towards “AatmaNirbhar Bharat and AatmaNirbhar Krishi” responding to the clarion call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Further, Mandaviya said the indigenous variety of calcium nitrate and boronated calcium nitrate will provide a quality product at a cheaper rate to the farmer community in the country than the imported ones.
He said the two products that were launched have been certified by a recognized laboratory.
In the statement, the Fertilizer Ministry said that GSFC currently has 10,000 tonne per year capacity to manufacture these two products. Within three months, production is expected to increase to 15,000 tonne per year.
GSFC plans to increase the production to 30,000 tonne in the next nine to 12 months, the statement said.
Last year, India imported around 1.25 lakh tonne of calcium nitrate at Rs 225 crore. Of this, 76 percent was imported from China and the rest from other countries like Norway and Israel. The GSFC itself imported and sold 4,600 tonne last year.
Regional offices of GSFC across the country also took part in this digital launch.
