Government of India has appointed Manoj Mishra as Chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL). The CMD post was vacant since February 2014, after the retirement of Neeru Abrol. Mishra is currently working as Director Finance at State Trading Corporation (STC). Mishra willassume the charge of CMD of NFL in couple of days.
Tidbits
- NFL was incorporated in 1974 and it’s headquarters is in Noida, India.
- Coming under the administrative control of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
- The annual installed capacity of the company exceeds 35.68 lakh tonnes.
- NFL has five gas-based urea plants. They are Nangal & Bathinda in Punjab, Panipat in Haryana and two plants at Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh.
- NFL is the second largest producer of urea in the country.
GK Question
- Urea is used as a fertilizer as a convenient source of ______? Nitrogen
- Who discovered Urea? Herman Boerhaave
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