Lok Sabha Question No. 1056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Home-grown Fertilizer Industry
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1056 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 22.07.2022

Home-grown Fertilizer Industry

1056:

MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) whether there is any policy objective of building a vibrant home-grown fertilizer industry, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether participation of   private and   foreign   players has been found to be instrumental in improving access of the latest global advanced technologylpractice etc. to Indian farmers , if the details thereof; and SO,
- (b) whether any comprehensive structural reforms and market-linked pricing policy is thought of, if the details thereof; being SO ,
- (d) whether any new fertilizer plants/ production units are proposed to be set up at identified places across various states in the country and if s0, the details thereof? being

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a) & (d): With regard to ucea fertilizer, the Government had announced New Investment (NIP) 2012 on 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. Under NIP-2012 read with its amendment; Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (CFCL), Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (RFCL) and Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) have set up urea Lakh Metric Tonne per annum (LMTPA) capacity each at Panagarh-West Bergalh Gadepan-Rajasthan (Gadepan-III) : Ramagundam-Telangana and Gorakhpur-Uttar Pradesh respectively. At present; there are 34 urea manufacturing units located across the country: Policy 2nd

Further;the Government of India has decided to revive two more urea units namely Sindri and Talcher Units of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and one urea unit namely Barauni Unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) through Joint Venture Company(JVC) of nominated PSUs to set up new Ammonia-Urea plants as per details given below:

| SI No.   | Fertilizer Name of plant / Joint Venture Companies   | Location & State where is located plant   |   Capacity (Lakh Metric Tonne per annum) |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|          | Talcher Fertilizers Ltd.                             | Talcher, Odisha                           |                                     12.7 |
| 2        | Hindustan Urvarak &                                  | Sindri, Jharkhand                         |                                     12.7 |
| 3        | Rasayan Ltd Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd.         | Barauni, Bihar                            |                                     12.7 |

fertilizers , Government of India Further , in case of Potasssic & Phosphatic following steps to reduce import:

Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.05.2015 inter-alia approved In addition to above; LMTPAcapacity in the existing premises of setting new urea plant of 8.646 in Assam which has been notified by Department of Fertilizers on 12.06.2015. upof

- Fertilizers permission to Madhya Bharat Agro Department of MP. for production of 1.20 LMT per annum: Limited Unit-Il; Banda Sagar, product granted
- Ltd. is expected Paradeep Phosphates utilizing the 2 trains of ZACL Goa Plant; complex to the tune of 8 LMT per aum
- to manufacture additional DAPINPK
- of 5 LMT and investment of A new DAPINPK plant by RCF with annual capacity
- annual capacity of 5.5 LMT at a cost of Rs A new DAPINPK Plant by FACT with (iv) Cr . Commissioning in June 2024. 537
- from Molasses (0-0-14,5-0) which isc100% indigenously (vi) PDM or Potash Derived Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) scheme. manufactured has been included under
- materials for DAP & other fertilizers in India, On exploration of minerals for raw discussion
- At present Urea is provided to farmers tat a statutordy (b) There is no such proposal: 0fPRese42 per 45 kg bag (exclusive of charges towards notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP) between the delivered cost of urea at neem coating and taxes as applicable) as subsidy to the urea farm and net market realization by the urea of Phosphatic and Potassic by the Government of India: In case Policy with Based Subsidy (P&K) Fertilizers, the a fixed amount of subsidy, decided on annual effect from 1st April 2010. Under the policy, on their nutrient content Under this policy, MRP is fixed by fertilizer companies as per which is monitored by the Government: gate
- (c): No information is available: such