Krishak Bharati Cooperative
Indian government fertilizer manufacturer
Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) is a national level multistate cooperative society under the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India. Mr. Manish Kumar, an IIT Delhi alumnus, currently serves as the Director (Finance).
The cooperative was ranked 382nd on the Fortune India 500 list of India's biggest corporations in 2023, up from 446th in 2022.
History
KRIBHCO was incorporated on 17 April 1980 as a national level Multi State Cooperative Society by Government of India to implement first gas based high capacity Fertilizer Complex consisting of 2 x 1890 MTPD Ammonia plants and 4 x 1662.5 MTPD Urea plants each with annual installed capacity of 8.91 Lakh MT Ammonia and 14.52 lakh MT of Urea at Hazira District-Surat, Gujarat, India based on natural gas from Bombay High/ South Bassein. Hazira fertilizer complex was commissioned in 1985 in record time with saving of Rs. 90 crore in project cost.
In an endeavor to make constant improvements, KRIBHCO implemented various schemes to enhance its capacity and improve the energy consumption. Capacities of ammonia & urea plants were reassessed to 2x1520 MTPD Ammonia and 4x 1310 MTPD Urea with annual installed capacity of 10.03 Lakh MT ammonia and 17.29 lakh MT of urea.
The Hazira Fertilizer Complex was subsequently revamped in 2013 to increase its production capacity by 4.65 LMTPA of Urea.
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