Bhagwant Khooba announces 3 pharma parks in country

Hubballi: Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwant Khooba on Friday announced setting up of three pharma parks in the country.
The parks will be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, as per Niti Ayog directions, he said. Inaugurating the third Rozgar Mela at the BVB Engineering college here, Khooba said several states including Karnataka had submitted their proposals to start the parks in their states.But the Niti Ayog, selected these states after considering availability of the infrastructures and facilities at their disposal, Khooba said. The minister said the country has achieved self-sufficiency in meeting its needs of chemical fertilisers which is about 3.40 lakh ton per year and more importance is being accorded to the production of Nano Urea presently. Khooba said despite international prices rising high, fertilizer prices are less in India because of the 1.40 lakh crore subsidy provided during last fiscal and the same is likely to increase to Rs 2.50 lakh crore during the current financial year.