Sindri fertiliser plant, the first public sector unit in the country was recently closed down by the government citing its techno-economic non-viability. Interestingly, the various committees engaged by the BIFR and the government had all recommended its revival till recently. The decision to close Sindri is not techno-economic, but political.
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