Lok Sabha Question No. 1104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Urea Production Plant
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +1104 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## Urea Production Plant

## +1104: DR: MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

- (a) the number of plants engaged in production of urea in the country in public sector as well as private sector;
- the present status of demand and supply of urea in the country, State/UT-wise; () whether the Government is contemplating to set up new plants or launch any other scheme to increase the production of urea; and

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE AND CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) & (b): The number of plants engaged in production of urea in the country statewise & sector -wise are at Annexure-[.

- (c): The present status of Demand Requirement and Supply/ Availability of urea in the country state-wise are at Annexure-II.
- (d) & (e): Government of India has mandated revival of () Ramagundam unit to Joint Venture Company (JVC) of National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Fertilizers Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) named Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (RFCL) incorporated on 17.02.2015, () Talcher unit to JVC f Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Coal India Limited (CIL) and FCIL named Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL) incorporated on 27.10.2015 and Barauni units to JVC of CIL, National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC ) , Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), FCIL Hindustan Fertilizers   Corporation Limited (HFCL) named Hindustan Urvarak&Rasayan Limited (HURL) incorporated on 16.05.2016. RFCL has already started manufacturing urea W.e.f 22.03.2021 and a roadmap for revival of other urea units is in place. The capacity of each of these plants is 12.7 LMTPA

Further; Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.05.2015 inter-alia approved setting up of New urea plant of 8.646 LMTPA capacity in the existing premises of BVFCL, which has been notified by Department of Fertilizers vide OM dated 12.06.2015.

- (b) the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (e) if so, the details thereof ?

## Sector-wise/State-wise Urea manufacturing units

| SI: No.            | Name of the State   | Name of the fertilizer manufacturing units/Locations       |
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| PUBLIC SECTOR      | PUBLIC SECTOR       | PUBLIC SECTOR                                              |
| 1                  | Haryana             | National Fertilizers Ltd Panipat                           |
| 2                  | Madhya Pradesh      | National Fertilizers Ltd. Vijaipur-I                       |
| 3                  | Madhya Pradesh      | National Fertilizers Ltd. Vijaipur-II                      |
| 4                  | Punjab              | National Fertilizers Ltd, Nangal-II                        |
| 5                  | Punjab              | National Fertilizers Ltd_ Bhatinda                         |
| 6                  | Maharashtra         | Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd : Trombay            |
|                    | Maharashtra         | Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd Thal                 |
| 8                  | Assam               | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Ltd. Namrup-Il  |
| 9                  | Assam               | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Ltd. Namrup-III |
| 10                 | Tamil Nadu          | Madras Fertilizer Ltd Chennai                              |
| COOPERATIVE SECTOR | COOPERATIVE SECTOR  | COOPERATIVE SECTOR                                         |
| 11                 | Gujarat             | Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative Ltd. Kalol         |
| 12                 | Uttar Pradesh       | Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd, Phulpur-I      |
| 13                 | Uttar Pradesh       | Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. Phulpur-II     |
|                    | Uttar Pradesh       | Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. Aonla-I        |
| 15                 | Uttar Pradesh       | Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. Aonla-II       |
| 16                 | Gujarat             | Krishak Bharati Co-operative Ltd:: Hazira                  |
| PRIVATE SECTOR     | PRIVATE SECTOR      | PRIVATE SECTOR                                             |
| 17                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd_ Kakinada-|   |
| 18                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd Kakinada-II        |
| 19                 | Goa                 | Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd Goa                               |
| 20                 | Gujarat             | Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd. Bharuch |
| 21                 | Gujarat             | Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd Vadodara         |
| 22                 | Karnataka           | Manglore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. Manglore             |
| 23                 | Rajasthan           | Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd, Gadepan-L           |
| 24                 | Rajasthan           | Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd, Gadepan-II          |
| 25                 | Rajasthan           | Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd Gadepan-III          |
| 26                 | Rajasthan           | Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd_ Kota                  |
| 27                 | Tamil Nadu          | Southern Petrochemical Inds Corpn Ltd. Tuticorin           |
| 28                 | Telangana           | RFCL, Ramangundam                                          |
| 29                 | Uttar Pradesh       | GRASIMIIGF Jagdishpur                                      |
| 30                 | Uttar Pradesh       | Yara Fertilizers India Pvt; Ltd ITCL Babrala               |
| 31                 | Uttar Pradesh       | KFLIKribhco Shyam Fertilizers Ltd. Shahjahanpur            |
| 32                 | Uttar Pradesh       | KFCL Kanpur                                                |
| 33                 | West Bengal         | Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd, Panagarh                |

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| S.No                                                                               | State                                                                              | Seasonal Requirement for                                                           | Pro rata Requirement_ 01/10/2021 to 29/11/2021                                     | fig.in LMT Availability 01/10/2021 to 29/11/2021                                   |
| 1                                                                                  | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                | 0.002                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.01                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     | 9.000                                                                              | 3.02                                                                               | 4.66                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                  | 0.000                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                  | Assam                                                                              | 2.150                                                                              | 0.78                                                                               | 0.91                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                              | 12.000                                                                             | 4.27                                                                               | 4.46                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                         | 0.000                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                       | 1.500                                                                              | 0.35                                                                               | 0.85                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                             | 0.002                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                  | Daman and Diu                                                                      | 0.000                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                              | 0.120                                                                              | 0.04                                                                               | 0.05                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                | 0.008                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                            | 12.500                                                                             | 4.91                                                                               | 6.04                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                            | 11.000                                                                             | 4.90                                                                               | 5.12                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                   | 0.390                                                                              | 0.09                                                                               | 0.25                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                 | Jammu and kashmir                                                                  | 0.830                                                                              | 0.11                                                                               | 0.28                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                          | 0.900                                                                              | 0.44                                                                               | 0.79                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                          | 6.500                                                                              | 2.20                                                                               |                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                             | 0.580                                                                              | 0.31                                                                               | 0.30                                                                               |
| 19                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                        | 0.000                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | 20.000                                                                             | 12.77                                                                              | 10.09                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                        | 10.000                                                                             | 3.24                                                                               | 6.46                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                            | 0.070                                                                              | 0.01                                                                               | 0.06                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                          | 0.000                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                            | 0.008                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.01                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                           | 0.008                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                             | 1.640                                                                              | 0.51                                                                               | 1.22                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                         | 0.073                                                                              | 0.03                                                                               | 0.04                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                             | 14.500                                                                             | 7.85                                                                               | 8.30                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                          | 13.000                                                                             | 7.87                                                                               | 8.27                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                             | 0.000                                                                              | 0.00                                                                               | 0.00                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                         | 5.600                                                                              | 3.04                                                                               | 2.80                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                          | 8.500                                                                              | 2.95                                                                               | 4.04                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                            | 0.120                                                                              | 0.04                                                                               | 0.14                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                        | 1.000                                                                              | 0.27                                                                               | 0.44                                                                               |
| 35                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                      | 39.000                                                                             | 13.24                                                                              | 17.34                                                                              |
| 36                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                        | 8.000                                                                              | 2.41                                                                               | 4.65                                                                               |
|                                                                                    | Total                                                                              | 179.001                                                                            | 75.65                                                                              | 92.22                                                                              |