12-529: UCIL may refer to: Union Carbide India Limited , a pesticide production company infamously known for the Bhopal disaster which occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal , India , referred as the worst industrial catastrophe. Uranium Corporation of India , a centrally owned corporation, under
24-519: A gas leak occurred at a UCIL facility located in Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh , that was responsible for manufacturing various chemical products, primarily pesticides . The incident killed thousands of people, and harmed hundreds of thousands more by causing chronic illnesses. At the time of the disaster, UCIL was ranked twenty-first in size among companies operating in India. It had revenues of ₹ 2 billion (then equivalent to US$ 170 million). The formation of
36-634: A partnership firm, Williamson Magor & Company , to service the requirements of tea estates in Assam. Brij Mohan Khaitan , who had a long-standing relationship with the Company by virtue of being the principal supplier of Packaging Materials and Fertilizers, was invited to join the Board of Directors in 1963. Mr. B. M. Khaitan eventually became the Managing Director in 1964 and took the Company to new heights. Over
48-792: Is an Indian tea company. It is currently the world's largest tea growing company. It is part of the Williamson Magor Group . It has Thirty One tea estates in the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam and Two in the Dooars region of West Bengal , three factories in Vietnam and six estates in Uganda . McLeod Russel produces more than 90 million kilograms of black tea every year. The tale of McLeod Russel began in 1869 when Captain J.H. Williamson and Richard Boycott Magor, two Calcutta-based Englishmen, formed
60-698: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Union Carbide India Limited Union Carbide India Limited ( UCIL ) was a chemical company founded in 1934. UCIL employed 9,000 people. UCIL was 50.9% owned by Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation (UCC) located in the United States and 49.1% by Indian investors including the Government of India and government-controlled banks. UCIL produced batteries , carbon products, welding equipment, plastics , industrial chemicals, pesticides and marine products. In 1984,
72-570: The Department of Atomic Energy of India for Uranium mining and Uranium Processing . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title UCIL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UCIL&oldid=745094327 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
84-571: The UCIL sale ( US$ 90 million) were placed in a trust to fund a hospital in Bhopal to care for victims of the tragedy. In February 1989, the Supreme Court of India directed UCC and UCIL to pay $ 470 million to settle all claims arising from the tragedy. The government, UCC and UCIL agreed with the ruling, and the two companies paid the settlement on 24 February. Mcleod Russel McLeod Russel India Ltd
96-441: The mobilization of various victims which started the development of different activist organizations. Bhopal registered a claim of $ 10 billion, based on United States injustice claim standards. The Indian government claim of $ 3.3 billion was settled for $ 470 million. In 1994, UCC sold its entire stake in UCIL to Mcleod Russel India Limited of Calcutta , which renamed the company Eveready Industries India Limited. The proceeds from
108-563: The next half century, the McLeod Russel group has grown and acquired a number of well-established and internationally recognised tea companies, including Williamson Tea Assam, Doom Dooma Tea Company, Moran Tea Company in India, Phu Ben Tea Company in Vietnam and Rwenzori Tea Investments. It has another subsidiary in Uganda, Mcleod Russel Uganda Limited which cultivates, manufactures and markets tea. It
120-411: The nights of December 2 and 3, 1984 in Bhopal. This gas leak killed thousands of people. Some survivors developed cancer and other health related impairments. A case was filed against the company which consisted of multiple players and negotiations. The Indian government also filed a lawsuit right after the parentis-partial act passed. This act gave the victims of this tragedy representation. This led
132-418: The pesticides and herbicides that were produced by Union Carbide was from carbaryl which is used as a base chemical in order to react with methyl isocyanate and alpha naphthol . In 1970, there was an issue with the methyl isocyanate unit being built (MIC) in Bhopal. The issue was due to the location of the unit which was nearby a railroad station and a heavily populated area. A gas leak happened between
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#1732855700209144-486: Was formerly known as James Finlay (Uganda) Limited. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Kampala . Shortly before the death of B.M. Khaitan in 2019, his younger son Aditya Khaitan , has taken over as chairman of McLeod Russel. The company's corporate office is situated at 4, Mangoe Lane, Surendra Mohan Ghosh Sarani, Kolkata. As the world's largest producer of bulk tea, McLeod Russel has two tea blending units -
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