Projects and Development India Limited (PDIL) is an Indian
central public sector undertaking under the
ownership
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of the
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India is the federal ministry with administrative purview over three departments namely:
*Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
*Department of Fertilizers.
*Department of Pharmaceuticals.
T ...
,
Government of India
The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...
.
History
PDIL started as the technology wing of
Fertilizer Corporation of India in 1951, emerged as a separate entity named FPDIL in 1978 after the restructuring of
Fertilizer Corporation of India and was renamed PDIL in 1981 with a head office in Sindri, Jharkhand. It is a project management and engineering consultancy providing services from concept to commissioning for fertilizer and allied chemical, oil and gas industries.
PDIL has helped develop
catalysts
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and operate the world's only
public sector
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catalyst manufacturing plant at Sindri.
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Chemical companies of India
Oil and gas companies of India
Government-owned companies of India
Companies based in Noida
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1978
1978 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Indian companies established in 1978