Lok Sabha Question No. 1535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Production and Consumption of Urea
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.02.2023

## Production and Consumption of Urea

## 1535:  SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

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

- (a) whether the details of the estimated total urea consumption in the country for FY 2021-22, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the total production of urea in the country for FY 2021-22, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the domestic production capacity in the country is adequate against the State-wise demand thereof; and
- (d) if  so, the details thereof and if not, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure the availability of urea in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a):    The  total  urea  consumption  in  the  country  for  FY  2021-22  is  enclosed  as Annexure-A.
- (b): The details of production of Urea for FY 2021-22 is enclosed as Annexure-B.
- (c) & (d):  Against the total requirement, around 75% of Urea is imported on account of Government of India by the companies. The details of fertilizer Production and Imports for FY 2021-22 is as below:-

## <Figures in LMT>

| FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   |             |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
| FERTILIZER   | PRODUCTION   | IMPORT       | CONSUMPTION |
| UREA         | 250.72       | 91.36        | 341.73      |

The  Government  had  announced  New  Investment  Policy  (NIP)  -  2012  on 2nd January,  2013  and  its  amendment  on  7th October,  2014  to  facilitate  fresh investment in the urea sector and to make India self-sufficient in the urea sector. Total 6 new urea units have been set up under NIP - 2012. These are Panagarh urea unit of Matix  Fertilizers  and  Chemicals  Ltd.  (Matix);  Gadepan-III  urea  unit  of  Chambal

Fertilizers  and  Chemicals  Ltd.  (CFCL);  Ramagundam  urea  unit  of  Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(RFCL); and 3 urea units namely Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL). Each of these units have  the  installed  urea  production  capacity  of  12.7  Lakh  Metric  Tonne  per  annum. Therefore,  these  units  have  together  added  76.2  LMT  per  annum  in  the  existing indigenous urea production capacity of the country. Further, an exclusive policy has been notified on 28th April 2021 for the revival of  Talcher  unit  of  FCIL  by  setting  up  a  new  greenfield  urea  plant  of  12.7  LMT  per annum at coal gasification route.

The Government has notified the New Urea Policy (NUP) - 2015 on 25th May, 2015 with one of the objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production. The NUP2015 has led to additional  production of  urea  by  20-25  LMTPA as  compared  to  the production during 2014-15.

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## Annexure-A

| STATE WISE CONSUMPTION OF UREA FOR FY 2021-22   | STATE WISE CONSUMPTION OF UREA FOR FY 2021-22   | STATE WISE CONSUMPTION OF UREA FOR FY 2021-22   |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 | (fig. in LMT)                                   | (fig. in LMT)                                   |
| S. No                                           | STATE                                           | UREA                                            |
| 1                                               | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                     | 0.00                                            |
| 2                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                  | 14.83                                           |
| 3                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                               | 0.00                                            |
| 4                                               | Assam                                           | 3.60                                            |
| 5                                               | Bihar                                           | 21.53                                           |
| 6                                               | Chandigarh                                      | 0.00                                            |
| 7                                               | Chhattisgarh                                    | 8.00                                            |
| 8                                               | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                          | 0.00                                            |
| 9                                               | Daman and Diu                                   | 0.00                                            |
| 10                                              | Delhi                                           | 0.26                                            |
| 11                                              | Goa                                             | 0.02                                            |
| 12                                              | Gujarat                                         | 21.90                                           |
| 13                                              | Haryana                                         | 20.75                                           |
| 14                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                | 0.74                                            |
| 15                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                               | 1.67                                            |
| 16                                              | Jharkhand                                       | 2.57                                            |
| 17                                              | Karnataka                                       | 17.84                                           |
| 18                                              | Kerala                                          | 1.15                                            |
| 19                                              | Lakshadweep                                     | 0.00                                            |
| 20                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                  | 29.18                                           |
| 21                                              | Maharashtra                                     | 23.68                                           |
| 22                                              | Manipur                                         | 0.14                                            |
| 23                                              | Meghalaya                                       | 0.00                                            |
| 24                                              | Mizoram                                         | 0.01                                            |
| 25                                              | Nagaland                                        | 0.01                                            |
| 26                                              | Odisha                                          | 5.53                                            |
| 27                                              | Puducherry                                      | 0.15                                            |
| 28                                              | Punjab                                          | 31.34                                           |
| 29                                              | Rajasthan                                       | 22.59                                           |
| 30                                              | Sikkim                                          | 0.00                                            |
| 31                                              | Tamil Nadu                                      | 10.40                                           |
| 32                                              | Telangana                                       | 17.12                                           |
| 33                                              | Tripura                                         | 0.18                                            |
| 34                                              | Uttarakhand                                     | 2.09                                            |
| 35                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                   | 71.12                                           |
| 36 Bengal                                       | West                                            | 13.30                                           |
| ALL INDIA                                       | ALL INDIA                                       | 341.73                                          |

## Annexure - B

| State wise Production of Urea during 2021-22   | State wise Production of Urea during 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Name                                           | (Fig in LMT)                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh                                 | 9.14                                           |
| Karnataka                                      | 4.29                                           |
| Telangana                                      | 3.83                                           |
| Tamil Nadu                                     | 11.24                                          |
| Goa                                            | 4.34                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                                 | 19.96                                          |
| Maharashtra                                    | 21.86                                          |
| Gujarat                                        | 37.77                                          |
| Rajasthan                                      | 37.05                                          |
| Assam                                          | 1.7                                            |
| West Bengal                                    | 6.29                                           |
| Haryana                                        | 4.69                                           |
| Punjab                                         | 10.61                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                                  | 77.96                                          |
| GRAND TOTAL                                    | 250.72                                         |

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