This Mega Maleic Anhydride Plant is going to be set up at Bharuch, Gujarat 2. The proposed project will have the capacity of 120000 tonnes per annum 3. The Maleic Anhydride is used to make speciality chemicals like polyester resins and surface coating plasticizers etc. - Statement 1: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) planned to set up India's first mega Maleic Anhydride (MA) plant, but it was approved to be established at its Paradip Refinery in Odisha, not Bharuch, Gujarat. - Statement 2: The proposed capacity of the Maleic Anhydride plant at Paradip is indeed 120 Kilo Tonnes Per Annum (KTA), which is equivalent to 120,000 tonnes per annum. - Statement 3: Maleic Anhydride is a crucial intermediate chemical widely used in the production of various value-added products, including unsaturated polyester resins, plasticizers, surface coatings, and other speciality chemicals.
Which of the following statements are correct regarding Indian Oil Corporation (I0C)’s India’s first mega Maleic Anhydride Plant? 1.
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2022 · Topic: Industrial Sector (Role of Manufacturing Sector in India's Economic Development)
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