Lok Sabha Question No. 3364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: New Fertilizer Units
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: (SMT.) RATNA DE(NAG), HARI OM PANDEY, V. PANNEER SELVAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3364

TO BE ANSWERED

ON: 06.12.2016

## New Fertilizer Units

3364   DR. RATNA DE (NAG):

SHRI HARI OM PANDAY:

SHRI V. PANNEERSELVAM:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal for establishing new Urea/ Fertilizer units  using  Advanced  Technology  in  the  country  specially  in West  Bengal  and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons thereof; and
- (d) whether this proposal will help to ensure overall growth and development of the fertilizer sector and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS, SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (c): At  present,  there  are  following  proposals  for  setting  up  of  Greenfield and Brownfield (Expansion) urea projects with the Department of Fertilizers:-

|   S. No | Company                                   | Projects                                         | Ownership   | State         |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|
|       1 | Indo-Gulf Fertilizers Limited -Jagdishpur | Brownfield Expansion urea project at Jagdishpur. | Private     | Uttar Pradesh |

|   2 | Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited-Gadepan   | Brownfield Ammonia- Urea units at Gadepan-Kota.                      | Private   | Rajasthan      |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------|
|   3 | Matrix Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited, Panagarh  | Greenfield/ Brownfield Ammonia- Urea Fertilizers Complex at Panagarh | Private   | West Bengal    |
|   4 | Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, Thal   | Brownfield Ammonia- Urea Expansion project at Thal                   | CPSU      | Maharashtra    |
|   5 | Kanpur Fertilizers & Cement Limited               | Greenfield Project at Jabalpur                                       | Private   | Madhya Pradesh |
|   6 | Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited         | Brownfield Project at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh                       | Private   | Andhra Pradesh |

Further, the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 13.07.2016 approved to revive  three  closed  fertilizer  units  namely  Gorakhpur  &Sindri  units  of  Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) &Barauni unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL). These units are being revived by means of a Special Purpose Vehicle of  Public  Sector  Units  namely,  National  Thermal  Power  Corporation,  Coal  India Limited,  Indian  Oil  Corporation  Limited  and  Fertilizer  Corporation  India  Limited/ Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited, through 'nomination route'.  As approved by the  Union  Cabinet,  each  of these  unit  is  being  revived  by  setting  of  new  urea  plant having  capacity  of  producing  1.27  Million  Metric  Ton  (MMT)  Urea  per  annum.  In addition to these units, Government has also approved to establish a new brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex in the existing premises of the BVFCL at Namrup, Assam. Capacity of this plant will be 8.646 Lakh metric Ton per Annum.

Gorakhpur Fertilizer  Unit  of  FCIL  is  located  in  Uttar  Pradesh  while  Sindri and Barauni units are located in Jharkhand and Bihar respectively.  Namrup is located in Assam.

(d): With the commissioning of new urea plants, each project will add 1.27 MMT of urea to the total indigenous production of the country which will reduce the dependency on imports.

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