The Kakinada facility of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL), has achieved a record Urea production of 113.1%, producing a total of 13.79 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Urea during 2005-06. The Plant has repeated this phenomenal feat, producing Urea more than its capacity, for the consecutive second year. NFCL produces Urea in two units. While the Unit one produced 7,03,645 Metric tonnes, Unit two also surpassed its capacity by producing 6,75,571 Metric tonnes making this phenomenal feat repeated during 2005-06 too. Total capacity of the Plant is 11,94, 600 Metric tonnes.

The Plant also has achieved this record production at a very optimal utilization of energy of 5.662 MKcal/MT of Urea against internal target of 5.670Mkcal/MT, which is already much lower than the standard Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee's (FICC) norm of 5.712 MKcal/MT.  NFCL has one more reason to celebrate that full production of Urea i.e. 13.79 Lakh Metric Tonnes has been dispatched to the farmers.

Along with the production, NFCL has also done well in sales and distribution wings. It's products, which include Mahazinc, Zinc Sulphate, Zeta, Speciality Fertilizers besides Urea have been sold out fully during 2005-06.

Fertilizer facility of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited in Kakinada has been selected for the ‘ Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conservation' in the ‘Fertilizers Sector' category for it's outstanding contribution to natural gas conservation in the country during 2004-05. The Hon'ble Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Panchayat Raj, Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar Presented the award to Mr. KS Raju, Chairman, Nagarjuna Group and Mr. RD Mall, Vice-president, Plant Operations, NFCL, today in Delhi.

This annual award has been instituted by Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) as a recognition of the excellent work done by the organisations in Gas Conservation. GAIL has been conducting a nation-wide Natural Gas Conservation Programme, meant to spread the word of conservation of this precious natural resource. All the natural gas using industries like power, fertilizer, steel, sponge iron, transport, glass, ceramic and petrochemicals, would be considered for this award.

This is the 4 th achievement of NFCL for it's excellence in different departments during 2005. These include; 5 Star rating in O H & S Audit from British Safety Council, UK. Commendation Award in “Leadership and Excellence Awards in Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) 2004”, by Confederation of Indian Industry, Southern Region, Chennai. Re-certification for ISO 9001:2000 by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) for quality management systems. And NFCL also received Environment Protection Award from Fertilizers Association of India.

NFCL has also won two more awards from FAI. A video film titled “The Sugarcane” produced by NFCL was adjudged Runner-up in the Annual Video Film Competition by FAI for the year 2004 – 2005 . The video film has been developed with the objective to transfer technology and to enhance the yield of sugarcane farmers in Andhra Pradesh. For NFCL, this is the second consecutive year of winning in this category. An article titled "From Products to Solutions - Exploring Opportunities" published in the September 2005 Issue of the Indian Journal of Fertilizers was awarded the Second prize in the category of Shriram Award for Best Article in Marketing . The article was co-authored by Mr. N Sambasiva Rao, Head - SNB Marketing and Mr. Gyanendra Narayan Pati, Asst. Manager (Sales Planning).

Hyderabad, April 20th 2005

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL) has been re-certified of ISO 9001:2000 by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI), for its Quality Management Systems. The Flagship Company of the Nagarjuna Group has already been an ISO 9001: 2000 organisation since 1995. This re-certification, which is valid up to February 2008, is only an extension of recognition for company’s excellent quality management systems.

BVQI team has done the re-certification audit during February at NFCL plant Kakinada. After conducting audit in Plant Operations and Area Marketing Offices BVQI sent a certificate to NFCL in which it mentioned ”Quality Management System of the Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has been audited and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the standards ISO 9001: 2000”.

BVQI is today the most widely recognized certification body in the world, offering solutions in the key strategic fields of companies operations: Quality, Health & Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility. It is recognized by more than 30 national and international accreditation bodies across the world to deliver ISO 9001 certification. As a consequence, BVQI is a world leader with over 50,000 certified companies in 100 countries with a team of 2,800 specially trained auditors. BVQI offers the possibility of combined certifications to the largest range of recognized standards, bringing consistency, optimization and efficiency

Hyderabad, February 17, 2005

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL), the flagship company of the Nagarjuna Group has been awarded the highly coveted 5-Star rating by the British Safety Council, U.K. After a detailed Health and Safety Management System Audit conducted during the month of January 2005, the British Safety Council has awarded an 'Excellent' rating (Score of 92.39%) to NFCL's manufacturing facility at Kakinada. The audit covered eight areas of NFCL's management systems leading to best practices, which include Safety Organisation, Management Control Systems, Fire Control Systems, Measurement and Control Systems, Workplace implementation, Verification, Best practice and Continuous improvement.

According to Mr. R S Nanda, Director and Chief Operating Officer, "This indeed is a testimony to our unstinted efforts to bring world class practices of safety, health and environment to our plant at Kakinada. This achievement further reiterates our philosophy of Serving Society through Industry.

Though we have always been committed for having the highest levels of health and safety management systems, such an internationally acclaimed independent certification has reinforced our belief in following the best practices. Striving for Excellence in every area of our operation, as a next milestone, we would very much like to attain the 'Sword of Honour' in the coming days."

The British Safety Council (BSC) is one of the world's leading occupational health, safety and environmental organisations. BSC's Five Star Health and Safety Management System Audit is a benchmark for best practices. It provides a detailed examination of the organisation's current practices, and gives a comprehensive report and plan for implementing, monitoring and achieving continuous improvement. It is based on the Business Excellence Model and goes beyond HS(G)65 and OHSAS 18001 to measure how far an organisation has gone towards achieving best practice.

To provide agriculture related information and services through Rajiv Internet Village Centres/ (RSDPs/Rural eSeva Centres)

Hyderabad, February 2, 2005

In its efforts towards Grameen Vikas aimed at alleviating rural poverty and ensuring agricultural development, the Information Technology & Communications Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh today signed a MoU with Ikisan Limited to provide agriculture related information and services to the vast farming community of the state through Rajiv Internet Village Centres (RSDPs/Rural eSeva Centres).

The Information Technology & Communications Department has already set up 1200 kiosks spreading across the state under the Rural Service Delivery Point Project (RSDP) in rural areas to serve as centres of e-commerce and information dissemination. Ikisan Limited has partnered with the Information Technology & Communications Department to provide agriculture information software and services in these kiosks. The modules will be in Telugu and voice enabled addressing the needs of rural population comprising mainly of farmers. The kiosk operators will be provided training by Ikisan Limited enabling them to effectively utilise the software and other applications for the benefit of agriculturists.

Ikisan Limited is a pioneer in agri-portals in India. A Nagarjuna Group initiative, Ikisan.com is a comprehensive Agri Portal addressing the Information, Knowledge and Business requirements of various players in the Agri arena viz., Farmers, Trade channel partners and Agri Input/Output companies. Leveraging Information Technology and extensive field presence, Ikisan is positioned as an Information/Knowledge exchange and an e-Marketplace. An integrated agriculture group, Nagarjuna has core competencies in the fields of plant nutrition, plant protection, irrigation and farm services.