About Rcf Rashtriya Chemicals And Fertilizers Limited
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) is one of the most revered public sector undertakings in India. A Mini Ratna company, it has two manufacturing units, one at Trombay, in Mumbai– which has completed 50 excellent years in the fertilizers and chemicals domain – and the other at Thal in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. RCF has, over the last five decades, displayed a distinctive work culture and management style, a concern for the community and the environment, and of course, an innate affection for the farmer.
RCF believes in providing one stop shop to farmers by marketing its own products and procuring other products for farmers through imports or tie-ups with other manufacturers. Though the manufacturing plants are distributed in two locations within Maharashtra, RCF markets its products throughout the length and breadth of the country with its products reaching even the far off north eastern states of India.
To promote balanced use of fertilizers for improving the farm productivity and also to help in maintaining soil health, RCF has established 13 static Soil Testing Laboratories (STL) in the country at strategic locations, namely Mumbai, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Hassan, Vijaywada, Lucknow, Latur(Lodga), Kolar, Suryapet, Raipur, Nanded and Satara, covering the soil testing activity in the districts around these STLs. In addition to the static STLs, the Company also operates 6 (six) Mobile Soil Testing Labs at Mumbai,Kolhapur, Ahmednagar, Nagpur, Vijaywada and Hassan . This service is rendered free of cost to farmers. Since last 40 years, RCF has analysed more than 50 lakh soil samples.