Lok Sabha Question No. 4959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Demand and Production of Nano Urea
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, E. T. Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 4959 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 31.03.2023

## Demand and Production of Nano Urea

4959:    SHRI DEVJI  M.  PATEL: SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

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

- (a) whether  the production of Nano urea has been started in order to make India self-reliant in the field of urea;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the demand and production of Nano Urea during the last three years, year-wise;
- (c) whether any time frame has been fixed to make India self-reliant in production of urea, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the production and use of nano urea by the farmers;
- (e) the status of supply of nano urea through out the country during the last one year, State/UT-wise;
- (f) whether the Government has formulated plans to increase the supply of Nano Urea across the country to enhance its reach to the farmers and retailers; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

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(a)  &  (b): Nano  Urea  developed  by  IFFCO  has  been  provisionally  included  in Fertilizer  Control  Order  (FCO)-1985,  based  on  the  preliminary  experimental  trials undertaken in several Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)/state agricultural Universities.  The  details  of  Production  and  Demand/Sales  of  Nano  Urea  during  the last  three years is indicated in the table below:-

| (Qty in Lakh no. of Bottles of 500 ml)   | (Qty in Lakh no. of Bottles of 500 ml)   | (Qty in Lakh no. of Bottles of 500 ml)   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Particulars                              | 2021-22 (upto 31.03.2022)                | 2022-23 (upto 26.03.2023)                |
| Total Production                         | 290.00                                   | 464.27                                   |
| Domestic Sale                            | 212.13                                   | 311.57                                   |
| Exports                                  | 3.06                                     | 1.58                                     |
| Total Sale (Dom.+Exp.)                   | 215.20                                   | 313.15                                   |

(c): 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 which is currently 283.74 LMT .

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.

(d) to (g): IFFCO at present has established three Nano Urea plants at Kalol, Phulpur and  Aonla  respectively  having  a  capacity  of  17  Crore  Bottles  Per  Annum.  Further, Department  of  Fertilizers  is  encouraging  its  PSUs  for  setting  up  Nano  Urea  plants. National  Fertilizers  Limited  (NFL)  and  Rashtriya  Chemicals  and  Fertilizers  Limited (RCF),  under  administrative  control  of  Department  of  Fertilizers,  has  signed  NonDisclosure  Agreement  (NDA)  &  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with  Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO) to transfer the technology of Nano Urea from IFFCO.  The  status  of  supply/sales  of  Nano  Urea  through  out  the  country  State wise/UT-wise during the last one year is indicated herewith vide Annexure-A. Also, use of Nano Urea/Nano Fertilizers is being promoted to expand its reach to farmers through  awareness  camps,  webinars,  nukkad  nataks,  field  demonstrations,  kisan sammelans and electronic media in regional languages etc.

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## ANNEXURE-A

| STATE-WISE SALES OF NANO UREA (QTY. IN NO. OF BOTTLES OF 500 ML)   | STATE-WISE SALES OF NANO UREA (QTY. IN NO. OF BOTTLES OF 500 ML)   | STATE-WISE SALES OF NANO UREA (QTY. IN NO. OF BOTTLES OF 500 ML)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                              | State                                                              | 2021-22 (upto 31.03.2022)                                          |
| 1                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                     | 5,80,144                                                           |
| 2                                                                  | Assam & NE                                                         | 4,38,628                                                           |
| 3                                                                  | Bihar                                                              | 14,83,992                                                          |
| 4                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                       | 5,23,368                                                           |
| 5                                                                  | Gujarat                                                            | 8,75,184                                                           |
| 6                                                                  | Haryana & Delhi                                                    | 16,28,732                                                          |
| 7                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                   | 1,50,120                                                           |
| 8                                                                  | Jammu and Kashmir                                                  | 2,00,612                                                           |
| 9                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                          | 1,55,150                                                           |
| 10                                                                 | Karnataka                                                          | 8,18,176                                                           |
| 11                                                                 | Kerala                                                             | 1,00,128                                                           |
| 12                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                     | 16,11,682                                                          |
| 13                                                                 | Maharashtra & Goa                                                  | 16,51,162                                                          |
| 14                                                                 | Odisha                                                             | 4,17,922                                                           |
| 15                                                                 | Punjab                                                             | 17,77,354                                                          |
| 16                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                          | 15,02,316                                                          |
| 17                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                         | 12,06,720                                                          |
| 18                                                                 | Telangana                                                          | 5,86,700                                                           |
| 19                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                      | 40,62,930                                                          |
| 20                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                        | 1,40,004                                                           |
| 21                                                                 | West Bengal                                                        | 13,02,222                                                          |
| 22                                                                 | Grand Total (Domestic Sale)                                        | 2,12,13,246                                                        |
| 23                                                                 | Export                                                             | 3,06,456                                                           |
| 24                                                                 | Grand Total (Domestic + Export Sale)                               | 2,15,19,702                                                        |

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