Is IFFCO a Govt Company

Can you tell me if Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited or IFFCO is a Government of India venture or a Private Company venture?

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Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited or IFFCO is the world's largest fertilizer cooperative federation based in India which is registered as a Multistate Cooperative Society on 3 November 1967.

It got deemed reorganization under the provisions of Multistate Cooperative Societies Act 1984 & 2002 later.

It has 40,000 member cooperatives. It has been ranked#37 in top companies in India in 2011 by Fortune India 500 list.

Today is a leading player in India's fertilizer industry and is making substantial contribution to the efforts of Indian Government to increase food grain production in India.

Initially, it commissioned an ammonia – urea complex at Kalol and the NPK/DAP plant at Kandla both in the state of Gujarat in 1975. Other ammonia – urea complex was set up at Phulpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 1981.

The ammonia – urea unit at Aonla was commissioned in 1988. It has acquired an NPK/DAP and Phosphoric acid fertilizer unit at Paradeep in Orissa in September 2005.

Its marketing products are channeled through cooperative societies and institutional agencies in over 29 states and union territories of India.


Fertiliser & Products
• Fertilisers
• Urea
• NPK
• DAP
• NP
• Bio Fertilisers
• Water Soluble Fertiliser
• Zinc Sulphate
• Sulphur
• Price Details


Production Units
• Kalol
• Kandla
• Phulpur
• Aonla
• Paradeep


Diversification and Joint Ventures
• Indian Potash Limited in India
• Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS) in Senegal
• Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) in Oman
• Indo Egyptian Fertiliser Company (IEFCO) in Egypt,
• Jordan India Fertiliser Company in Jordan
• IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited (ITGI)
• Equity in National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and National Collateral Management Services Limited
• IFFCO Chhattisgarh Power Limited
• IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd (IKSL)
• KISAN Special Economic Zone (IKSEZ) at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh
• IFFCO-MC Crop Science Pvt. Ltd.
• In February 2010, it was announced that IFFCO had entered into a joint venture partnership with GrowMax Agri Corp, a subsidiary of Americas Petrogas Inc.