Overview
- The new facility is rated at roughly 2,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid per day, according to project officials.
- IFFCO and government representatives say domestic output will replace about six lakh metric tonnes of imports, conserving foreign exchange.
- Project authorities claim the technology will cut pollution by nearly 50% and reduce coal use by around 500 million tonnes, figures presented at the event.
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan joined Shah at the inauguration alongside state ministers and the Jagatsinghpur MP.
- Using the launch to outline a wider development vision, Shah said Odisha would progress on Gujarat’s model and highlighted cooperatives like IFFCO—owned by nearly five crore farmers—and Amul as templates for rural livelihoods.