Viren Kaushik, who recently took over as director-general of Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) spoke to Business Standard about the problems being faced by the fertiliser sector. Kaushik feels the long term pricing policy will not help the sector in any big way. However, he is hopeful that the new gas finds will take the pressure off the existing plants in the next few years. Excerpts from the interview with Mahua Venkatesh.
In China the per capita consumption of fertiliser is about 200 kg while in India it is only 95 kg. What are the reasons and do you think we will catch up?
China is a different ball game altogether mainly because the Chinese have a vision and they ensure that they don