The revival of Talcher Fertilizers plant in Odisha is likely to be completed by October 2024.
The erstwhile Talcher plant of FCIL is being revived by the Central government by setting up a new coal gasification-based urea plant with capacity of 1.27 million tonne per annum. The revival of the FCIL Talcher unit is being undertaken by Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. (TFL), a company promoted by GAIL (India) Ltd. (GAIL), Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF), Coal India Ltd. (CIL), and Fertilizers Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL).
The Government of India has been reviewing the progress of Talcher unit which will be India’s largest and first coal gasification urea plant. There are currently four plants are operational viz, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur, Sindri, and Barauni. With the operation of the Talcher plant, the cumulative production capacity will be 63.5 lakh tpa in the country.
