Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation Gorakhpur fertiliser plant in Uttar Pradesh for which he laid the foundation five years ago.

The Prime Minister congratulated the people of Uttar Pradesh for the inauguration of AIIMS and fertilizer plant and for the new building of Regional Medical Research Center of ICMR in Gorakhpur.

The Prime Minister said, in a three pronged approach, the government stopped the misuse of urea by introducing 100% neem coating of urea.

He said soil health cards are given to crores of farmers so that they can decide what kind of fertilizer is needed for their farm.

He said the government laid emphasis on increasing the production of urea. Closed fertilizer plants were also forced to reopen to increase the production. The Prime Minister informed that with the completion of 5 fertilizer plants in different part of the country, 60 lakh tonnes of urea will be available in the country.

The Prime Minister also appreciated the Government of Uttar Pradesh for the unprecedented work done for the sugarcane farmers in the recent years. He lauded the Government for increasing the remunerative price for sugarcane farmers, recently up to Rs. 300 and for paying almost as much as the previous governments paid to sugarcane farmers in the past 10 years.