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State-owned National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) will pick up an 18 per cent stake for about Rs 572 crore in a proposed joint venture to establish a urea plant in Assam. In a regulatory filing on Friday, NFL informed that its board has given "consent to enter into Joint Venture Agreement with other nominated companies to form a Joint Venture company for setting up of a new Ammonia-Urea Complex Namrup-IV Fertilizer Plant at Namrup, Assam". NFL will have an 18 per cent stake in the joint venture, which is being incorporated. The cost of acquisition of the 18 per cent shareholding is estimated at Rs 572.45 crore, the filing said. Last month, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal for setting up of a new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex of 12.7 lakh tonnes annual capacity of urea production within the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Ltd (BVFCL), Namrup Assam, with an estimated total project cost of Rs 10,601.40 crore with debt equity ratio of 70:30 through a joi
The government is likely to sell shares in two fertiliser companies -- RCF and NFL -- by December-end to garner over Rs 1,200 crore, an official said. The offer for sale (OFS) would be for 10 per cent of government stake in Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) and 20 per cent in National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL). "The transactions could fetch around Rs 1,200 crore to Rs 1,500 crore", the official told PTI. The merchant bankers for the transaction have already been appointed. The official further said that considering the steps taken by the government for the fertiliser sector, the valuation of the shares could improve in the coming months. Shares of RCF closed at Rs 72.25, while that of NFL at Rs 53.95 on the BSE on Friday. The government currently holds 74.71 per cent stake in NFL and 75 per cent in RCF. The government has set an ambitious target of raising Rs 1.75 lakh crore from divestment in 2021-22, higher than Rs 38,000 crore it raised last fiscal. Most disinvestment