Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (4th Feb 2023) laid the foundation stone of a ₹ 450-crore "Nano Urea" plant and township of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) in Jharkhand's Deoghar.

* This will be India's fifth nano urea plant. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's first nano urea plant in Gujarat last year (2022), according to IFFCO.

* Nano urea improves crop productivity, soil health, and nutritional quality of produce and aims to address the imbalanced and excessive use of conventional urea.

* IFFCO Managing Director US Awasthi said that the plant is scheduled to be commissioned in December next year.

* Mr Awasthi said the plant will be constructed at a cost of ₹ 300 crore and the township at a cost of ₹ 150 crore.

* Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority (JIADA) has allotted 20 acres of land to IFFCO for the complex in Jasidih area in Deoghar district..

Source : NDTV