Question

The Alkaloid Factory is located at which one of the following places?
1. Ratlam
2. Mansdaur
3. Neemuch
4. Dhar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Neemuch

The correct answer is Neemuch.

• Government Opium and Alkaloid Works, Neemuch(M.P.)
  • The Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories(GOAF) is an Indian Government organization, specializes in the production of opium and the extraction of related Alkaloids.
  • Headquarters: New Delhi  
  • Supervision: Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
  • There are two factories under this organization - GOAF, Gazipur(U.P.), and GOAF, Neemuch(M.P.).
  • The Neemuch factory was founded in 1933 and in 1976 it began extracting alkaloids in addition to processing opium.
  • The opium factory is known to have the largest opium receptacle in the world, resembling a large backyard swimming pool.
  • Dr. Shashank Yadav IRS is holding additional charge of General Manager of Government Opium and Alkaloid Works, Neemuch and Shri S.S.Mangal IRS is the manager of the Factory.
  • Products such as Codeine phosphates, Morphine salts, Dionine, Morphine Hydrochloride, Thebaine, etc. are formed by the extraction of related alkaloids and it is the country's largest producer of opium-related products.