President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi lays Foundation Stone of Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate Project at Lakhanpur, Odisha

• Foundation stone of India's first commercial-scale Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate plant laid remotely by President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi on 20 June 2026 at Lakhanpur, Jharsuguda district, Odisha.
• Executed by Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) — a JV of Coal India Limited (CIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) under the Ministry of Coal.
• Flagship of India's push for energy security, technological self-reliance (Aatmanirbhar Bharat) and value-addition from domestic coal via surface coal gasification (SCG).
• UPSC relevance: convergence of GS-III energy/industrial policy, coal sector reforms, fertiliser & explosives import substitution, and indigenous tech (BHEL gasifier).