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1 INTRODUCTON OF IFFCO:-
The fertilizer industry in India consists of three major
players; The Government owned Public Sector undertakings,
Cooperative Societies like IFFCO, KRIBHCO and units from
Private sector. There are about 33 major producers producing N and
NP/NPK fertilizers in the country at present. The fertilizer industry
of India had made constructive use of the fertilizer provided by the
Government of India to ensure that the country achieved reasonable
self-sufficiency in food grain production. The fertilizer industry has
organized itself through Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) to
coordinate with the Government of India to achieve the macro-
economic objectives related to agricultural sector and to provide
other services.

1.2 ABOUT IFFCO:-

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited
(IFFCO) is one of the largest producers of fertilizer in India. Due to
large imports of fertilizer by the country before and after
independence, need was felt to make India self reliant in the
fertilizer industry. IFFCO, the government of India extended a
share of 51% of the authorized share capital. Some loan was taken
from the financial institution. The remaining capital was raised
through village level co-operative societies. Each co-operative
society has a minimum of 2 farmers, each farmer having a
minimum of 1 share of Rs.1000 each. At the initial stage, IFFCO
managed to approximate 30598 such co-operative societies. IFFCO
was registered on 3rd November 1967 under the Bombay Co-
operative Act.
 The first plant of IFFCO was commissioned at Kalol in
November 1974 to produce Ammonia. Its commercial production
started on 1st March 1975 subsequently; a Urea plant was
commissioned in January 1975, which began its commercial
production on 1st April 1975. Kalol plant has a capacity of 300300
tones of ammonia and 396000 tones Urea per year.

The Kandla plant was commissioned on 26th November

1974 and the commercial production of NPK/DAP (Phase – 1, Train
A&B). Started on 4th June 1981 and its commercial production
started on 6th September 1981. Kandla plant has capacity of
309130 tones per year in terms of P205.

The ammonia plant at Phulpur started its commercial

production on 10th October 1980 and that of urea on 15th October
1980. Phulpur plant has capacity of 297000 tones of ammonia and
495000 tones urea per year.

The Aonla plant, fourth in the series, started

commercial production in July 1988. The plant based on natural gas
has capacity to produce 495500 tones of ammonia and 720000
tones urea per year.

IFFCO is one of the largest fertilizer manufacturing

co-operative in Asia. IFFCO’s four plant at Kalol, Kandla, Phulpur
and Aonla produced 27.36 lakh tones of fertilizer materials, which
contributed about 13% of nitrogenous and 19% of phosphoric
fertilizer, produced in the country. IFFCO is the biggest multi co-
operative society in Asia with an authorized capital of Rs.1150
crore.
 Under the single window scheme 175 service centers are
supplying all agriculture inputs like fertilizers pesticides,
agricultural implements and technical advice to the farmers. Over
1500 societies have been developed under the IFFCO-NCDC
program on the pattern on service centers. IFFCO Board of
Directors consists of a Chairman and Vice-chairman and other 27
directors representing Government of India, Financing institutions,
National level state co-operative marketing federations.

The Managing Director of IFFCO is the chief executive

of institutions and all IFFCO policies, decision and rules and
regulations, regulating IFFCO business and services are the major
responsibilities with the chief executive Mr. U.S. Awasthi is the
present Managing Director of IFFCO. The Head-office of IFFCO is
at New Delhi. The functional departments at the Head Office are as
follows:

Marketing
Personnel and Administration
Marketing Accounts
Agriculture Service
Marketing Service and Post Operation
Physical Distribution / Transportation
Training and Development
Public Relation
1.3 MISSION & OBJECTIVES OF IFFCO :-

The mission of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-Operative

Limited (IFFCO) is to enable Indian Farmers to prosper through
supply of reliable, timely, high quality agricultural inputs and
services in an

Environmentally sustainable manner and undertake other cavities to

improve their welfare.

To achieve this mission, IFFCO as a co-operative society,

undertakes several activities covering a board spectrum of areas to
promote the welfare of member co-operative and farmers. The
activities so covered are defined in IFFCO’S byelaws and the
appropriate section is placed below: =>

[a] The objects of IFFCO shall be to promote the economic interest

of its members by conducting its affairs in professional, democratic
and autonomous manner though self-help and mutual co-operation
for undertaking.

[b] In furtherance of above objects, IFFCO may undertake one or

more of the following activities, which are indicative but not
limited to:
To setup plant or plants for manufacture of chemical fertilizers and
products/bye-products.

To undertake production, processing and manufacture or

insecticides, pesticides, seeds, agricultural machinery and
implements and other agricultural production requisites by setting
up or taking on lease manufacturing units either directly or in
collaboration with or as a joint venture with other co-operative
institution/public sector enterprise or any other agency.

To setup a storage unit for storing fertilizer and other goods by it-
self or in collaboration with any other co-operative institution or
any other agency.

To maintain transport units of its own or in collaboration with any

other organization in India or abroad for movement of goods by
land and sea etc.,

To provide technical consultancy and other services to members

societies and other agencies.

To subscribes to the share of co-operative and other institution.

To act as warehousing agency under the warehousing act and

construct its own go downs or higher go down for the storage of
fertilizer and other goods.

To enter into contract and collaboration for purchases, production,

manufactures and marketing of raw materials.
1.4 IFFCO-INDIAN FARMERS SUCCESS STORY:-

During mid-sixties, the co-operative sector in India was

responsible for distribution of 70% of fertilizer consumed in the
country. This sector had adequate infrastructure to distribute
fertilizer but had no production facilities of its own and hence
dependent on public/private sector for supplies.

IFFCO was created on November-3-1967 as a multiunit

co-operative society engaged in production and distribution of
fertilizer. In 1993 IFFCO had drawn up a major expansion
programmed of all the four plants under over all against of IFFCO
VISSION 2000. IFFCO’S annual capacity has been increased to
3.69 million tunes of Urea and NPK / DAP equivalent to 825
thousand tunes of Phosphates. The distribution of IFFCO’S
fertilizer is undertaken through over 35000 co-operative societies.
The entire activities of distribution, sales, promotion are
coordinated by Marketing, Central office (MKCO) at New Delhi
assisted by the marketing offices in the field. In addition, essential
agro inputs for crop production are made available to the farmers
through a chain of 167 Farmers Service Center (FSC). IFFCO
obsessively nurtures its relations with farmers and undertakes a
large number of agricultural extension activities for their benefit
every year.

IFFCO, today is a leading player in India’s fertilizer industry and is

marketing substantial contribution to the efforts of Indian
Government to increase food grain production in the country.

1.5 AWARDS AND PRIZE WINNER:-

 Major Awards Received:-

- Seven awards for over all performance from FAL

- Two awards for industrial safety from GOL.
- Awards for technical innovation from FAT.
- Awards for safety from national safety council, Chicago.

 Awards:-

- Eight fertilizer association of India awards (FAL)

- Two national productivity council (NPC) awards
- Seventeen safety awards.
- Other awards.
1.6 UNIT AT A GLANCE :-

 Name Of The Unit:-

Indian Farmers Fertiliser
Co-Operative Ltd. (IFFCO)

 Address:-
IFFCO,

Kalol Unit,

Kasturi Nagar,

Gandhi Nagar,

PIN 382423 (Gujarat), INDIA

 Registered Office:-
IFFCO
34, Nehru Place,
New Delhi – 110019
 Date Of Registration:-
On November 3 rd, 1967 As a
Multi Co – Operative Society.

 Size of the Unit:-

Large Scale Unit

 Form of the Unit:-

Multi Co-Operative Society

 Name of the Products:-

Urea
Ammonia
Dry-ice
Liquid Co2

Raw Material Used (Input):-

Natural Gas
Associated Gas
Naphtha
Bore well Water
Fuel Oil
Electric Power

 Bankers:-
Indian Overseas Bank
State Bank of India
 Bank Of Baroda
The Maharastra State Co-Operative Bank.
The West Bengal State Co-Operative Bank
Madhya Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank
The Karnataka State Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
The Punjab State Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
Punjab National Bank.

 Auditors:-
M/S. S.P. Chopra & Co.
Chartered Accountant
N Block, Bombay Life Building
Connaught Place
New Delhi – 110 001

M/s. Arun Singh & Co.

Chartered Accountant
F-7, Lagpat Nagar-3
New Delhi – 110 024

M/s. J.C. Bhalla & Co.

Chartered Accountant
18-A, Nizamuddin West
New Delhi – 110 013

Source:- Annual Report 2008-010

1.6 ORGANISATION CHART :-
 CHAIRMAN

MANAGER DIRECTOR

BOARD OF DIRECTOR

PRODUCTION FINANCE H.R MARKETING

MANAGER MANGER MANAGER MANAGER

SUPERVISOR ACCOUNTANT
FACTORY
MANAGER
SUPERVISOR

WORKER
CLERK WORKER
1.7 LOCATION:-

State Gujarat, India

State Capital Gandhi Nagar, is about 18 Km from the plant site.

Nearest Airport Ahemdabad (About 25 Km. away from Plant)

Railway Station Kalol (7 Km from the plant)

Road Ahmedabad (25 Km from the plant)

On Ahmedabad-Mehsana State Highway (SH)

Area under Plant 96 Hectares

Area under Township 22 Hectares

Temperature ( o C ) 45 (Maximum) in summer to 4 (Minimum) in winter.

Address Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited

KALOL,
(P.O.) Kasturi Nagar,
Gandhi Nagar, PIN 382423
(Gujarat), INDIA.

Phones 91-2764-223256,91-2764-223258,91-2764-223272,
91-2764-223273, 91-2764-220202, 91-2764-220209,
 91-2764-221056, 91-2764-221165, 91-2764-220604

FAX : 91-79-23286020/21/22/23/24

1.8 IFFCO–VISION 2010 :-

The following main objectives have been

kept in view while formulating the “VISION 2010 “.

Attaining an annual turnover of Rs. 15,000 crore by 2010;

Installation of Ammonia and Urea plants including acquisition of
fertilizer units;
Backward integration to meet feedstock requirement such as
Phosphoric Acid etc;
Generation of Power;
Exploration / Distribution of Hydrocarbons;
Production and marketing of micro-nutrients, seeds, bio-fertilisers,
pesticides etc;
Value addition to Agri-products and marketing;
Manufacture of Petrochemicals;
Banking and Financial services;
Information Technology and IT enabled services.
1.9 IFFCO’S PLANTS:-

Iffco limited has various branches as follow :-

(1) Amonia – Urea Complex - Phulpur

(2) Fertilizer Unit - Paradeep

(3) Amonia – Urea Complex - Kalol

(4) NPK / DAP Plant - Kandla

(5) Amonia - Urea Complex - Aonla

1.10 EXISTING MANAGEMENT:-

Chairman’s Name : Mr. Surinder Jakhar

Vice-Chairman’s Name : Mr. N.P. Patel

Managing director Name : Dr. Udai Shankar Awasthi

Finance Manager : Mr. Rakesh Kapur

H. R. Manager : Mr. R.P. Singh

Marketing Manager : Mr. Arabinda Roy

Tech. Director : Mr. K.L. Singh

Director (Co-Ope. Dev.) : Dr. G.N. Saxena

Board of Director : The directors of IFFCO

Mr. Surinder Jakhar (chair person)
Mr. N.P. Patel (Vice chairperson)

Directors : Mr. Devendra Singh

Mr. D.B. Dholam
Mr. J.S. Walia
Mrs. Usha Sharma
Mr. Karunanidhi
Mr. Ajaykumar Joshi
Mr. Mostafa sardar
Mr . Mohan Singh Bundela
Mr . Surender Kumar Jakhar
Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh
Mr. R.K. Dhami
Mr. Virjibhai K. Thummar