1978 - Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd; a Government Company, registered under the companies Act, 1956, has been formed in 1978 after reorganisation of the erstwhile Fertilizer Corporation of India & National Fertilizers Ltd. - The company is engaged in Production & Marketing of nitrogenous & complex fertilizers & industrial chemicals with its manufacturing units at Trombay & Thal & marketing offices in most of the States of India. 1990 - The Company had taken a KD 30 million loan in 1981 to meet the foreign exchange component of Thal Project. - The company has bagged an Award for social forestry of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the year 1990-91. - The plantlets of sugarcane were regenerated via callus derived from young inflorescence, followed by young leaf explants. Tissue culture on multivitamin plant, Chakurmani, has been initiated and screening number of culture media and explants is in progress. - A 5000 MTPA plant has been set up at Thal. Mechanical erection of the plant is completed and the plant is being commissioned. - RCF is proposing to set up a 2.5 lakh MTPA phosphoric acid plant in a rock producing country like Togo or Jordan . - An agreement has been entered into in January 1991 with M/s Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan to provide technical personnel for operational and supervisory services in connection with pre-commissioning, commisioning and test run of Jamuna Fertilizer Project in Bangladesh. - The company's Education-cum-Training scheme for SC/ST students has entered into 14th successful year and so far 100 SC/ST students have received its benefits . The aim behind the scheme is to help and motivate the students from SC/ST communities to take up higher studies for their better future. - The prestigious INDIRA GANDHI MEMORIAL NATIONAL AWARD instituted by the Andhra Pradesh Public Sector Employees Federations was bagged by Shri J Kohareswaran, Deputy Finance Manager (Thal) for "BEST MANAGER" and Shri D V Khapde, General Secretary of RCF Employee's Union, for "EXCELLENT TRADE UNION LEADER" . Shri Shivaji Shinde of Trombay-V Bagging Plant bagged "GUNAWANT KAMGAR AWARD" of Government of Maharashtra for the year 1991. - During the year 1990-91 RCF has been adjudged as the "BEST EMPLOYER" by The National Society for Equal Opportunity for the Handicapped for having employed high number of physically handicapped persons particularly in category of the hearing handicapped . Dr. R N Trivedi, Chief Research Scientist, has been adjudged "BEST HANDICAPED EMPLOYEE" for the year. 1992 - The Company faced shutdown of two of its three streams of Urea Plant for a fairly long period. - Under the Technical Assistance Agreement with M/s. Haldor Topsoe, the work for Auto Optimisation of four critical parameters in Ammonia Plants by installation of Advanced Control System has been completed in March 1992 which will result into energy saving of 0.1 to 0.15 MKcal/M.T. of Ammonia. - A Comprehensive Purge Gas Recovery Unit is being set up with energy conservation as one of its important objective. - The Company has entered into Technical Assistance Agreement with M/s. Haldor Topsoe, Denmark for technical upgradation of Ammonia Plants at Thal. - An Adivasi Development Centre, which is also used as Balwadi and for Adult Education and Medical Aid, has also been set up in Thane District under the programme. - The Company's R & D Centre has developed a new Complex Fertilizer viz. Ammonium Polyphosphate (APP) (12:56:0) which is under extensive field test with cereals, oil seeds and vegetable crops in the Agricultural Research Farm at Thal, several Agricultural Universities and ICAR Projects. 1993 - The Company proposes to set up a Purge Gas Recovery unit at Thal for recovery of Hydrogen. - The Company has undertaken a project for agricultural development in collaboration with European Economic Community (EEC). - The Company had launched "Chembur Green Project" to promote green environment around its Trombay complex. - The Company has a well established Research and Development Division which is engaged in sustained applied research in the field of fertilizers, chemicals agriculture and biotechnology. - The Pilot Plant of 1.0 MT/Hr. capacity has been installed commissioned and operated successfully during the year to produce NP 27:9:0 and 19:19:0 grades of Urea Nitric Phosphate which is a new fertilizer material containing more than 90% water soluble P2O5. - Dimethyl Formamide section of Plant at Thal has been commissioned. Dymethyl Acetamide (DMAC) Plant at Thal DMAC Plant with the capacity of 3000 MT per annum is being erected at Thal and is likely to be commissioned by November. - M/s Linde AG, Germany has been awarded the contract to set up and commission Purge Gas Recovery Unit at Trombay to reduce the over all energy consumption, increase the Ammonia production and recover Ammonia, Hydrogen, Methane and Argon from the Purge Gases. 1994 - The production of Suphala and ANP was affected due to marketing constraints and the production of Urea had suffered due to inadequate availability of gas from Gas Authority of India. - The company successfully commissioned a Dimethyl Acetamide Plant at Thal. - The Company proposes to introduce the Advance control system in Trombay V Ammonia plant to control critical parameters like Hydrogen-Nitrogen ratio, steam carbon ratio, synthesis loop pressure/purge flow, reformer firing and synthesis gas compressor suction pressure. - The company has bagged the first Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award for Clean Technology and the National Award for Prevention of Pollution from Ministry of Environment and forests, government of India. - Shri Abraham Thomas was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the Company with effect from 20th October. - The R & D Division of the Company has set up a production facility for Isotope of Nitrogen [N-15] the only one in India] of 800 gms/annum capacity at a cost of Rs.35.00 lakhs. - Two of the employees viz. Mrs. Hemlata Lad and Shri Jaypal Patil from Trombay and Thal Unit respectively bagged GUNVANT KAMGAR PURASKAR of the government of Maharashtra for the year 1993. - Mr. B.M. Rao, Sr. Technician and Mr. K.S. Mehta, Technician Gr. II [Inst.] of PAP Plant were awarded the Vishwakarma award by the government of India. 1995 - The Company alongwith M/s. United Gulf Group of Saudi Arabia have envisaged to set up a 'Machining And Equipment Accessories Manufacturing and Industrial Service Centre', to cater to the Petrochemical and Fertilizer Industries in and around Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. - The Company alongwith KRIBHCO and Oman Oil Company has been assigned to set up a Joint Venture Ammonia and Urea complex in the Sultanate of Oman. - 10000 MTPA Formic Acid plant and 1200 NM3/hr capacity CO plants are being set up at Thal. - The Company has successfully commissioned the Purge Gas Recovery Unit. - The Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, a premier Agricultural Research Organisation for conducting extensive joint research and extension services in the field of crop performance, yields, increasing efficiency of fertilizers etc. - The company has a well equipped Farmers' Training Institute which is committed to impart the latest knowhow in agricultural and farm technology to the farmers. - Four employees of the Company viz. Shri Vishwas N. Pathak, Sr. Technician [Ele.], ANP, Shri Vasudev N. Dhekane, Sr.Operator CNA Plant, Shri Dilip L. Jambhale, Sr. Operator Ammonia V and Shri Tukaram S. Divekar, Sr. Operator NSG plant bagged GUNVANT KAMGAR PURASKAR of the Government of Maharashtra for the year 1994. - Shri Ramesh Pillay, Sportsman [Hockey] was conferred Shiv Chatrapati Award by the Government of Maharashtra for the year 1994-95. - Shri Rajendra Purushottam Paradkar, Shift Manger Tr. V Ammonia Plant has bagged the Fifth Indira Gandhi Memorial National Award for the year 1994 as EXCELLENT MANAGER. - Shri K.W. Deshpande, Chief Engineer, Management Services was conferred the HK Firodia Award by the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering for the year 1994. 1996 - The performance of the Trombay Unit was slightly affected due to reasons such as failures in MSEB Power Grid, Shortage of Water Supply from BMC, Gas Supply restrictions from ONGC etc. - The President of India has appointed Shri S.Balan as full time Director [Finance] w.e.f. 8.4.1996. Shri Pradeep Singh has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director w.e.f. 18.7.96. 1997 - The Company has signed an agreement with National Securities Depository Ltd. on 4.2.1996 for trading the Company's shares in Electronic form. - The `Joint Venture Agreement' with the Oman Oil Company and KRIBHCO, for setting up a Fertilizer Complex in Oman was signed during the visit of His Highness The Sultan of Oman in April. - The Purge Gas recovery unit was commissioned in December, 1996. - A sewage treatment plant is also being set up at Trombay to process the untreated ewage water received from Municipal Corporation and recover fresh water. - Shri Vinay Bansal, Director of the Company resigned from the office w.e.f. 8.7.1997 consequent to his transfer as Secretary (Forests), Government of Maharashtra. - The President of India also appointed Shri D.K. Varma as Chairman and Managing Director w.e.f. 4th October 1996 and Shri H.C.P. Sinha as whole time Director (Technical) w.e.f. 26th February. 1998 - The Company is one of the first Companies to sign Agreement with NSDL for trading its scrips in Electronic form. 1999 - The Company, has signed an agreement with Central Depository Services [India] Ltd.[CDSL] on 24.2.99 for trading the Company's shares in electronic form the for benefit of the Shareholders of the Company. - Liquid micronutrients were launched during the year under the brandname MICROLA and over 10,000 litres were sold in the state of Maharashtra. - The Company has signed an MOU with UCB S.A. Chemicals, Belgium, an internationally reputed Chemicals manufacturing and marketing company having units all over the world, to produce 20,000 MTPA, of Methylamines and its derivatives at Thal. - The Company has successfully commissioned 10,000 MT Ammonia storage facility. The Company also commissioned the 150 MTPA Bio-fertilizer Plant for producing BIOLA and MICROLA at Trombay and the Formic Acid Plant with an installed capacity of 10,000 MTPA at Thal. 2000 - The Company proposes to set up a single super phosphate manufacturing plant with an annual capacity of 2.50 lakh tonne in Madhya Pradesh. - Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited, Mumbai and Maharashtra Scooters Ltd., Satara, were presented the Dr. R J Rathi Award for Environment Pollution Control. 2001 -Rashtriya Cgemicals and Fertilisers Limited, finalised its wage agreement with Union, association. -RCF shuts down two of its plants at trombay because of natural gas shortages. -RCF signed a memorandum of Association with the government under which total area production is targeted at 16.91 lakh metric tonne. -Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd ha turned to British Gas for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to meet its feedstock requirements. -RCF submitted Expression of Interest to acquire the fertilizer plants of SAIL and Pradeep Phosphate. 2002 - Government appointed Mr.H.P.Pota as Director of Rashtriya Chem Board -Mr.S.Balan has been appointed as the Chairman and MD of Rashtriya Chemicals -Company informed the exchange about the appointment of additional directors Lt.Gen Mr.M.S Bhullar, Mr. Sanjay Kaushik, Dr.H.Shanthamma, Prof.Ashok Mishra and Mr.K.P.Fabian. 2003 -Governement invited bids to select advisors for the disinvestment of 51% stake in RCF. -RCF posted a net profit of Rs. 31.8million for the quarter as against the net loss the previous year. -RCF has informed that Shri. H.S.Karangale has been appointed as Director (Technical) on the Board of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited. 2005 -RCF signs MOU with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd 2007 -Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) has appointed Dr. Ashok Misra, Director (IIT), Mumbai, Shri. Anil Agrawal, Chartered Accountant and Shri. I C Srivastava, IAS (Retired) as Non-official Directors on the Board of the Company for a period of three years. 2009 - Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) bagged the MoU Excellence Award for 2006-07 and 2007-08. U. S. -Golden Peacock Environment Management Award to RCF-Trombay 2011 - Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers net profit rose 38.43 per cen 2012 - Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers jumps over 4% on divestment plan 2013 -The Mumbai based public sector fertilizer giant Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF) in its quest for growth has recently completed major revamp of its plants at Thal at a cost of Rs 489 crore which has increased its Urea capacity from 17 lakh MT to 20 lakh MT per annum. -RCF Signs MoU With Government of India 2014 - The Company has signed an MoU with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited for setting up of new Sewage Treatment Plant -Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd has recommended payment of Final Dividend at Rs. 1.50 per equity shares of Rs. 10 each -Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd has approved for setting up 2 MWp PV Grid Connected Crystalline Solar Power Plant at Trombay 2015 -RCF signs MOU with Turkmenhimiya to supply urea -Rashtriya Chemicals enters into JV with CIL, GAIL, FCL -State-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) said that it will invest around Rs 14,000 crore over the next five years for expansion and charting a growth path for the public sector unit. 2021  -Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF)  received approval from the Department of Fertilizers (DOF) for setting up an NPK plant.