Lok Sabha Question No. 306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Availability of Urea
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 306 TO BE ANSWERED ON:19.11.2019

Availability of Urea

## 306. SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken adequate steps to ensure availability and timely supply of urea and other fertilizers to the farmers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is considering to set up new fertilizer plants in various states including Maharashtra for th? manufacture of urea and other fertilizers; and
- (b) the details of the arrangements being made for the supply of urea and other fertilizers to farmers in the States , especially Maharashtra;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the time-limit for setting up of such plants?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

(SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

(a): Yes, Sir. The following steps have been taken by Government to ensure timely supply of fertilizers to farmers of the country:

- Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) , in consultation with State Governments, assesses the requirement of fertilizers. After assessment of requirement; DAC&FW projects month-wise requirement of fertilizers.
- II) On the basis of month-wise & State-wise projection given by DAC&FW, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficientl adequate  quantities of  fertilizers to States by issuing  monthly supply plan and  continuously monitors the availability through following system:
- The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is being monitored throughout the country by an on-line web based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Monitoring System (IFMS);
- ii\_ The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importe rs of fertilizers for   streamlining the   supplies through timely placement of indents for railway rakes through their state institutional agencies like Markfed etc.

- iii. Regular Weekly Video Conference is  conducted jointly by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Department of Fertilizers (DoF), and Ministry of Railways with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments\_
- iv. The gap between  demand (requirement) and production is met  through imports. The import for the season is also finalised well in advance to ensure timely availability:

Thus , with the steps as indicated above, Department of Fertilizers ensures availability of fertilizers at the State level and the distribution to the farmers within the State is the responsibility of the respective State Government. Further, State Governments have been adequately empowered to ensure selling of fertilizers at MRPI reasonable prices.

(b): The requirement;, availability and sales of all Fertilizers for Kharif 2019 is placed at Annexure-A: The requirement; availability and sales of all Fertilizers for ongoing Rabi season 2019-20 is placed at Annexure-B.

(c) & (d) Sir, Government of India has no proposal to set up new fertilizer units in the country: However, Government of India is reviving 5 closed fertilizer plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) namely Talcher; Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri plants of FCIL and Barauni plant of HFCL by setting up new Ammonia Urea plants of 12.7 Lakh metric tonne per annum capacity each, in the following states:

| Sl .No.   | Name of Fertilizer plant                | Name of location & State where plant is located   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|           | Talcher Fertilizers Ltd_                | Talcher,_Odisha                                   |
| 2         | Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. | Ramagundam, Telangana                             |
| 3         | Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL)  | Gorakhpur; Uttar Pradesh                          |
|           | Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL) | Sindri, Jharkhand                                 |
| 5         | Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd_ (HURL) | Barauni, Bihar                                    |

In addition to above, the Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.05.2015 has decided to install a new urea plant of 8.648 LMTPA i:1 the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL), which will subsequently replace the existing urea plants Namrup-II (capacity 2.20 LMTPA) and Namrup-III (capacity 2.70 LMTPA)

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