India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Feb. 10 approved a proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for grant-in-aid of Rs.100 crore ($14 million) to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corp. Ltd. (BVFCL), Namrup, in Assam in northeast India, to sustain operations of its urea manufacturing units.
CCEA said at present, the company is operating its two vintage plants – Namrup-ll and Namrup-lll. It said it been difficult to maintain reasonable production levels from the existing units in a cost-effective manner because of their old and obsolete technology. As a result, CCEA approved the funding for repair and procurement of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and catalyst items. CCEA said it is hoping to restore BVFCL’s production to 390,000 mt/y.