Insecticides (India) Ltd will launch its new formulation facility at Sotanala in Alwar district of Rajasthan, the first phase of which will commence during the upcoming Kharif season, company managing director Rajesh Aggarwal said.
The company plans to launch 5-6 new formulations during the Kharif season this year, while coming up with one-shot solutions that will cut down the number of sprays on plants and at least double the number of demonstration plots in different villages.
The new plant, coinciding with the silver jubilee celebrations of the company, will come up in two phases. He told that technical synthesis unit will come in the second phase. business Line.
“We want to accelerate our growth, launch new products, enter the market aggressively and also expand during this year,” Aggarwal said in an online interaction.
increase overall efficiency
The capacity of the plant in the first phase will be 3,000 tonnes per year. In the coming time it will reach 10,000 tonnes. “Combining all variants, the formulation capacity can increase by 20,000 tonnes per annum. This will help us increase our capacity by about 15-20 per cent,” the IIL managing director said.
Some of the 5-6 new formulations that IIL is planning to launch will be a mix of products in line with the latest trends. The company may acquire products from its research and development (R&D) center through backward integration or in collaboration with its foreign partners.
Agarwal said, “There will be a lot of focus on providing a one-shot solution for the environment. It is total disease control, total pest control or total weed control at one time. There is no definition of total, but in the field, it can save 80-90 per cent of sprays.”
Saying that a lot of products are coming, he said that IIL is in talks with a Japanese company and the collaboration will be announced soon.
strengthening partnerships
The company is expanding its partners with a focus on strengthening its existing partnerships with companies like Nissan.
With Nissan, IIL has launched half a dozen products, the latest of which will arrive this year. It has started developing new formulations with Nissan products.
The company has filed the first invention application for 2026 with the agriculture ministry, he said, adding that recently, it has launched a product in collaboration with US-based Corteva.
With continuous expansion, IIL is striving to provide complete crop solutions to the farmers. As a part of this, IIL Crop Solution (ICS) plots of various crops have come out. At present, there are 13 such plots, 9 for rice and the rest for chilli and other crops.
Aggarwal said these plots are used to show farmers how they benefit from using a smaller number of sprays and reducing input costs compared to traditional practices. The yields are better and during harvest on these plots, farmers are invited to see the results for themselves.
challenging kharif
Next year, IIL plans to double the number of ICS plots, which are actually about an acre in each village, with the company selecting from a farmer who may have more than 10 acres.
During the current financial year, Kharif season was a bit challenging, but the company managed the difficult situation well with low-single digit growth. This was at a time when many other companies reported negative growth.
Although the situation looks positive for the ongoing Rabi season, it will not be enough to change the performance picture of companies during the current financial year as 60 per cent of sales take place during the Kharif season, he said.
Saying that farmers are showing interest in new generation solutions, Aggarwal said the trend of mixing two or three formulations is gaining momentum and IIL has launched around 10 such products so far.
On the impact of climate change, the IIL Managing Director said the mix of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides is changing towards the global practice of 60:20:20.
Apart from these, disease control measures, which were ignored in the past, are gaining momentum.
crops in focus
Agarwal said that paddy is the most important crop for IIL, paddy is cultivated in southern and eastern regions as it is grown in two seasons, while in some areas it is cultivated in three seasons. Pulses and maize (corn) are gaining momentum.
“Maize is becoming very important, and pulses are grown during the gap between Kharif and Rabi and vice versa. We are also seeing attraction towards horticultural crops,” said the IIL managing director.
He said the company has launched products for some other crops including sugarcane, soybean and wheat, for which new generation herbicides have been brought in the market.
Published on February 8, 2026
