Lok Sabha Question No. 2492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Fertilizer and Urea Production
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2492 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.08.2021

## Fertilizer and Urea Production

## 2492: SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) the details of production and demand of fertilizer and urea per in the country along with the details thereof, State/UT-wise; year
- whether the Government is considering to set up new plants for urea and fertilizer in other parts of the country including Rajasthan; and

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE AND CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) & (b): The production, demand and availability data of fertilizer including urea for the year 2020-21 is at Annexure- A and B.

- (c) & (d): There is no proposal of Government of India to set up new urea plants in other parts of the country including Rajasthan. However, Government of India has decided to revive Ramagundam, Gorakhpur; Sindri and Talcher Units of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and Barauni Unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) through nomination route by forming Joint Venture Companies of nominated PSUs to set up new Ammonia-Urea plants as per details given below:
- (b) whether the Government has ensured availability of sufficient quantity of fertilizer and urea in the country so that timely arid sufficient supply of fertilizer and urea may be made to the farmers, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

|    | Name of Fertilizer plant / Joint Venture Companies   | Location & State wilere plant is located   |   Capacity (Lakh Metric Tonne per annum) |
|----|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|    | Talcher Fertilizers Ltd_                             | Talcher , Odisha                           |                                     12.7 |
| 2  | Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.              | Ramagundam; Telangana                      |                                     12.7 |
| 3  | Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd                      | Gorakhpur; Uttar Pradesh                   |                                     12.7 |
| 4  | Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd:                     | Sindri, Jharkhand                          |                                     12.7 |
| 5  | Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd:                     | Barauni, Bihar                             |                                     12.7 |

In addition to above, Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.05.2015 approved to install a new urea   plant of 8.646 LMT per annum in of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers   Corporation Ltd (BVFCL) which would  replace the

## Annexure-A

## State-wise Production of Urea, DAP & Complex Fertilizers\_during\_2020-21 (Fig.in LMT)

| Sl.No.   | Name of State               | Urea   | DAP   | NPKS   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------|-------|--------|
|          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |        |       |        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 7.4    | 1.8   | 24.4   |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |        |       |        |
| 4        | Assam                       | 1.3    |       |        |
| 5        | Bihar                       |        |       |        |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |        |       |        |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |        |       |        |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |        |       |        |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               |        |       |        |
| 10       | Delhi                       |        |       |        |
| 11       | Goa                         | 4.7    | 0.0   | 3.5    |
| 12       | Gujarat                     | 39.6   | 11.9  | 23.0   |
| 13       | Haryana                     | 5.8    |       |        |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            |        |       |        |
| 15       | Jammu and kashmir           |        |       |        |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   |        |       |        |
| 17       | Karnataka                   | 3.5    | 1.2   | 1.4    |
| 18       | Kerala                      |        |       | 8.6    |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                 |        |       |        |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh              | 20.9   |       |        |
| 21       | Maharashtra                 | 22.5   |       | 11.9   |
| 22       | Manipur                     |        |       |        |
| 23       | Meghalaya                   |        |       |        |
| 24       | Mizoram                     |        |       |        |
| 25       | Nagaland                    |        |       |        |
| 26       | Odisha                      |        | 19 4  | 10.7   |
| 27       | Puducherry                  |        |       |        |
| 28       | Punjab                      | 11.2   |       |        |
| 29       | Rajasthan                   | 37.5   |       |        |
| 30       | Sikkim                      |        |       |        |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                  | 11.0   | 1.2   | 5.1    |
| 32       | Telangana                   |        |       |        |
| 33       | Tripura                     |        |       |        |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                 |        |       |        |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh               | 80.5   |       |        |
| 36       | West Bengal                 | 0.0    | 2.2   | 4.5    |
|          | Total                       | 246.0  | 37.8  | 93.2   |

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## Annexure-B

| State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   | State-Wise Requirement & Availability (Fig. LMT)   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    |                                                    | Urea                                               | Urea                                               | DAP                                                | DAP                                                | MOP                                                | MOP                                                | NPKS                                               | NPKS                                               |
| S. No                                              | State                                              | IRequirement From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021         | Availability From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021         | Requirement From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021          | Availability From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021         | IRequirement From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021         | Availability From to 31/03/2021                    | RRequirement From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021         | Availability From 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021         |
| 1                                                  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                        | 0.01                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 2                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 17.50                                              | 18.84                                              | 4.00                                               | 4.66                                               | 2.80                                               | 3.60                                               | 13.50                                              | 19.78                                              |
| 3                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 4                                                  | Assam                                              | 4.15                                               | 4.11                                               | 0.83                                               | 0.92                                               | 0.82                                               | 0.99                                               | 0.20                                               | 0.17                                               |
| 5                                                  | Bihar                                              | 22.00                                              | 26.21                                              | 7.00                                               | 8.93                                               | 2.50                                               | 3.44                                               | 3.50                                               |                                                    |
| 6                                                  | Chandigarh                                         | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 7                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                       | 6.50                                               | 11.08                                              | 3.35                                               | 5.42                                               | 1.01                                               | 1.52                                               | 1.60                                               | 1.72                                               |
| 8                                                  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                             | 0.00                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 9                                                  | Daman and Diu                                      | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 10                                                 | Delhi                                              | 0.23                                               | 0.24                                               | 0.05                                               | 0.04                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 11                                                 | Goa                                                | 0.02                                               | 0.03                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.03                                               | 0.04                                               |
| 12                                                 | Gujarat                                            | 24.00                                              | 26.22                                              | 5.00                                               | 7.02                                               | 1.30                                               | 1.70                                               | 5.35                                               | 9.48                                               |
| 13                                                 | Haryana                                            | 21.00                                              | 23.64                                              | 6.30                                               | 6.86                                               | 0.70                                               | 0.98                                               | 0.40                                               | 0.35                                               |
| 14                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 0.70                                               | 0.88                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.09                                               | 0.12                                               | 0.41                                               | 0.45                                               |
| 15                                                 | Jammu and kashmir                                  | 1.43                                               | 2.58                                               | 0.79                                               | 0.93                                               | 0.26                                               | 0.60                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.04                                               |
| 16                                                 | Jharkhand                                          | 2.60                                               | 3.07                                               | 1.00                                               | 1.27                                               | 0.11                                               | 0.07                                               | 0.38                                               | 0.44                                               |
| 17                                                 | Karnataka                                          | 16.50                                              | 20.62                                              | 6.50                                               | 7.97                                               | 3.15                                               | 4.57                                               | 14.15                                              | 23.28                                              |
| 18                                                 | Kerala                                             | 1.13                                               | 1.51                                               | 0.19                                               | 0.22                                               | 0.85                                               | 1.28                                               | 1.25                                               | 1.72                                               |
| 19                                                 | Lakshadweep                                        | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 20                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 31.00                                              | 34.73                                              | 13.55                                              | 18.04                                              | 1.50                                               | 2.03                                               | 3.75                                               | 4.85                                               |
| 21                                                 | Maharashtra                                        | 25.00                                              | 29.76                                              | 7.00                                               | 9.44                                               | 4.50                                               | 5.43                                               | 21.00                                              | 35.89                                              |
| 22                                                 | Manipur                                            |                                                    | 0.24                                               | 0.16                                               | 0.06                                               | 0.14                                               | 0.03                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 23                                                 | Meghalaya                                          | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 24                                                 | Mizoram                                            | 0.09                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.05                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.04                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 25                                                 | Nagaland                                           | 0.01                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 26                                                 | Odisha                                             | 5.65                                               | 6.66                                               | 2.20                                               | 2.82                                               | 1.30                                               | 1.81                                               | 2.80                                               | 3.26                                               |
| 27                                                 | Puducherry                                         | 0.13                                               | 0.15                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.01                                               | 0.02                                               | 0.03                                               | 0.04                                               | 0.11                                               |
| 28                                                 | Punjab                                             | 28.30                                              | 32.85                                              | 8.25                                               | 8.87                                               | 1.50                                               | 1.21                                               | 0.76                                               | 0.47                                               |
| 29                                                 | Rajasthan                                          | 22.00                                              | 25.78                                              | 8.00                                               | 9.72                                               | 0.30                                               | 0.46                                               | 0.55                                               | 0.76                                               |
| 30                                                 | Sikkim                                             | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               |
| 31                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                         | 10.00                                              | 11.58                                              | 3.25                                               | 3.07                                               | 3.10                                               | 3.88                                               | 6.30                                               | 9.08                                               |
| 32 33                                              | Telangana                                          | 19.50 0.25                                         | 22.20 0.25                                         | 2.70 0.06                                          | 3.62 0.07                                          | 2.60 0.10                                          | 3.00 0.07                                          | 13.50 0.02                                         | 18.38 0.02                                         |
|                                                    | Tripura                                            | 2.25                                               |                                                    |                                                    | 0.46                                               | 0.10                                               | 0.11                                               | 0.38                                               |                                                    |
| 34                                                 | Uttarakhand                                        |                                                    | 2.57                                               | 0.40                                               |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| 35                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 74.00                                              | 84.55                                              | 23.00                                              | 29.02                                              | 3.50                                               | 3.74                                               | 8.00                                               | 0.34 8.20                                          |
| 36                                                 | West Bengal                                        | 14.43                                              | 16.08                                              | 4.05                                               | 4.48                                               | 3.20                                               | 3.89                                               | 10.12                                              | 13.16                                              |
|                                                    | Total                                              | 350.64                                             | 406.49                                             | 107.76                                             | 133.98                                             | 35.51                                              | 44.56                                              | 108.00                                             | 156.55                                             |

Source:- dbtfert nicin