Lok Sabha Question No. 3041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Storage Capacity of Fertilizer Plants
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Varun Chaudhry

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3041 TO BE ANSWERED ON :09.08.2024

## STORAGE CAPACITY OF FERTILIZER PLANTS

3041:

SHRI VARUN CHAUDHRY:

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

- (a) the  manufacturing  capacity  of  fertiliser  plants  in  public  sector  along  with  the actual production by them during the last ten years, year-wise;
- (b) the storage capacity of fertilisers in various parts of the country during the last ten years, year-wise;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for speedy delivery of fertiliser in the country;
- (d) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  increase  the  manufacturing  and  storage capacity of fertiliser plants in the country;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take any action to increase the shelf life of fertiliser and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) & (b):  The manufacturing capacity of the major fertilizer plants in the Public Sector Units (PSUs) along with the actual production by them during the last ten years from 2014-15 to 2023-24 are given at Annexure-I. The total storage capacity of fertilizers among the major fertilizer plants of the PSUs during the last ten years from 2014-15 to 2023-24 are at Annexure-II.

- (c)  to  (e):      Before  the  commencement  of  each  cropping  season,  Department  of Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW)  assesses  the  State-wise  &  month-wise requirement of fertilizers. To fulfill this requirement of fertilizers in the States across the country,  as  per  assessment  done by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Department of Fertilizers allocates adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by  issuing  monthly  supply  plans.  The  movement  of  all  major  subsidized  fertilizers  is monitored through web-based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Monitoring System (iFMS). Further, during the peak agricultural seasons, Department of Fertilizers regularly takes up the matter with  Ministry of  Railways to provide additional rakes for ensuring adequate & timely availability of fertilizers.

Government  of  India ensures adequate  availability of Urea to  meet the requirements  of  States/UTs.  In  order  to  increase  the  availability  of  urea  through indigenous sources, Government of India announced New Investment Policy (NIP) 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 the policy which includes 4 urea  units  set  up  through  Joint  Venture  Companies  (JVC)  of  nominated  PSUs  and  2 urea  units  set  up  by  the  private  companies.  The  units  set  up  through  JVC  are Ramagundam  urea  unit  of  Ramagundam  Fertilizers  and  Chemicals  Ltd  (RFCL)  in Telangana  and  3  urea  units  namely  Gorakhpur,  Sindri  and  Barauni  of  Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar, respectively.  The  units  set  up  by  private  companies  are  Panagarh  urea  unit  of  Matix Fertilizers  and  Chemicals  Ltd.  (Matix)  in  West  Bengal;  and  Gadepan-III  urea  unit  of Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (CFCL) in Rajasthan. Each of these units has installed  capacity  of  12.7  Lakh  Metric  Tonne  per  annum  (LMTPA).  These  units  are highly  energy  efficient  as  they  are  based  on  latest  technology.  Therefore,  these units have together added urea production capacity of 76.2 LMTPA thereby total indigenous urea  production  capacity  (Reassessed  Capacity,  RAC)  has  increased  from  207.54 LMTPA during 2014-15 to 283.74 LMTPA at present. Further, an exclusive policy for the revival  of  Talcher  unit  of  FCIL  through  JVC  of  nominated  PSUs  namely  Talcher Fertilizers  Limited  (TFL)  by  setting  up  a  new  Greenfield  urea  plant  of  12.7  LMTPA at coal  gasification  route  has  also  been  approved.  In  addition,  the  Government  also notified the New Urea Policy (NUP) - 2015 on 25 th May, 2015 for the existing 25 gasbased urea units with one of the objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production beyond RAC.  The NUP-2015 has led to additional production of urea by 20-25 LMTPA as  compared to the production during 2014-15. These steps together have facilitated increase  of  Urea  production  from  level  of  225  LMT  per  annum  during  2014-15  to  a record Urea Production at 314.09 LMT during 2023-24.

Further,  P&K  fertilizers  are  covered  under  Open  General  License  (OGL)  and companies  are  free  to  import/produce  these  fertilizers  as  per  their  business  dynamics. Based  on  examination  of  requests  received,  permission  is  granted  to  the  fertilizer companies  for  increasing  their  manufacturing  capacity  and  for    induction  of  new  P&K companies & their fertilizer products under NBS, with a view to boost manufacturing and make country self-reliant in fertilizer production.

(f):  No Sir.  Does not arise.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Ustarred Question No. 3041 for answering on 09.08.2024

| Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   | Total production of fertilizers in the major fertilizer manufacturing units   |
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| Sl. No                                                                        | Name of the State                                                             | Name of the fertilizer manufacturing units/Locations                          | RAC/ Installed Capacity as on 01.04.2024 in 'LMT'                             | Type of Fertilizers                                                           | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')                                                    |
| Sl. No                                                                        | Name of the State                                                             | Name of the fertilizer manufacturing units/Locations                          | RAC/ Installed Capacity as on 01.04.2024 in 'LMT'                             | Type of Fertilizers                                                           | 2014-15                                                                       | 2015-16                                                                       | 2016-17                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                       | 2018-19                                                                       | 2019-20                                                                       | 2020-21                                                                       | 2021-22                                                                       | 2022-23                                                                       | 2023-24                                                                       |
| 1                                                                             | Haryana                                                                       | National Fertilizers Ltd.: Panipat                                            | 5.12                                                                          | Urea                                                                          | 5.12                                                                          | 5.67                                                                          | 5.43                                                                          | 5.60                                                                          | 5.74                                                                          | 5.52                                                                          | 5.83                                                                          | 4.69                                                                          | 5.70                                                                          | 5.30                                                                          |
| 2                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                | National Fertilizers Ltd.: Vijaipur-I                                         | 8.65                                                                          | Urea                                                                          | 9.51                                                                          | 9.90                                                                          | 10.58                                                                         | 10.44                                                                         | 10.29                                                                         | 9.84                                                                          | 9.66                                                                          | 10.41                                                                         | 10.50                                                                         | 10.43                                                                         |
| 3                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                | National Fertilizers Ltd.: Vijaipur-II                                        | 8.65                                                                          | Urea                                                                          | 11.38                                                                         | 11.46                                                                         | 11.39                                                                         | 10.88                                                                         | 11.32                                                                         | 10.53                                                                         | 11.27                                                                         | 9.55                                                                          | 11.87                                                                         | 11.24                                                                         |
| 4                                                                             | Punjab                                                                        | National Fertilizers Ltd.: Nangal-II                                          | 4.79                                                                          | Urea                                                                          | 4.79                                                                          | 5.46                                                                          | 5.02                                                                          | 5.43                                                                          | 5.41                                                                          | 5.75                                                                          | 5.47                                                                          | 5.32                                                                          | 5.45                                                                          | 5.21                                                                          |
| 5                                                                             | Punjab                                                                        | National Fertilizers Ltd.: Bhatinda                                           | 5.12                                                                          | Urea                                                                          | 5.61                                                                          | 5.48                                                                          | 5.68                                                                          | 5.63                                                                          | 5.84                                                                          | 5.63                                                                          | 5.77                                                                          | 5.29                                                                          | 5.82                                                                          | 4.72                                                                          |
| 6                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                   | Rashtriya Chemicals& Fertilizers Ltd.: Trombay                                | 7.50                                                                          | Urea/ Complex                                                                 | 10.81                                                                         | 10.89                                                                         | 8.73                                                                          | 9.19                                                                          | 9.53                                                                          | 8.96                                                                          | 8.77                                                                          | 8.99                                                                          | 9.59                                                                          | 9.17                                                                          |

|        |                   | Name of                                                    | RAC/ Installed Capacity as   | Type of Fertilizers   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   | Production (Fig. in 'LMT')   |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No | Name of the State | the fertilizer manufacturing units/Locations               | on 01.04.2024 in 'LMT'       |                       | 2014-15                      | 2015-16                      | 2016-17                      | 2017-18                      | 2018-19                      | 2019-20                      | 2020-21                      | 2021-22                      | 2022-23                      | 2023-24                      |
| 7      |                   | Rashtriya Chemicals& Fertilizers Ltd.: Thal                | 17.07                        | Urea                  | 21.78                        | 20.98                        | 21.44                        | 20.61                        | 19.84                        | 20.22                        | 19.12                        | 18.59                        | 18.80                        | 18.42                        |
| 8      | Assam             | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Ltd: Namrup-II  | 2.40                         | Urea                  | 0.98                         | 0.66                         | 0.60                         | 0.58                         | 0.58                         | 0.46                         | 0.02                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 9      |                   | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Ltd: Namrup-III | 3.15                         | Urea                  | 2.61                         | 2.56                         | 2.50                         | 2.12                         | 2.29                         | 1.10                         | 1.30                         | 1.70                         | 2.23                         | 1.80                         |
| 10     |                   | Fertilizer and Chemicals& Travancore Ltd.: Udyogamandal    | 3.74                         | A/S& Complex          | 2.55                         | 2.00                         | 3.18                         | 3.65                         | 2.72                         | 4.31                         | 4.62                         | 3.23                         | 4.53                         | 4.63                         |
| 11     | Kerala            | Fertilizer and Chemicals& Travancore Ltd.: Cochin          | 4.85                         | Complex               | 4.69                         | 4.08                         | 4.93                         | 4.87                         | 5.06                         | 6.41                         | 6.46                         | 6.40                         | 6.20                         | 6.06                         |
| 12     | Tamil Nadu        | Madras Fertilizer Ltd.: Chennai                            | 7.67                         | Urea &Complex         | 4.03                         | 4.44                         | 5.17                         | 4.81                         | 4.20                         | 4.10                         | 5.35                         | 5.28                         | 5.27                         | 4.33                         |

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Ustarred Question No. 3041 for answering on 09.08.2024

| Total Storage Capacity of fertilizers among the major fertilizer plants of the PSUs from 2014-15 to 2023-24.   | Total Storage Capacity of fertilizers among the major fertilizer plants of the PSUs from 2014-15 to 2023-24.   | Total Storage Capacity of fertilizers among the major fertilizer plants of the PSUs from 2014-15 to 2023-24.   | Total Storage Capacity of fertilizers among the major fertilizer plants of the PSUs from 2014-15 to 2023-24.   | Total Storage Capacity of fertilizers among the major fertilizer plants of the PSUs from 2014-15 to 2023-24.   |
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| No.                                                                                                            | Name of the PSU                                                                                                | Location of the Fertilizer Plants                                                                              | Storage Capacity during last ten years                                                                         | Total                                                                                                          |
| 1.                                                                                                             | National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)                                                                             | Vijaipur-I& Vijaipur II                                                                                        | 100000                                                                                                         | 190,000                                                                                                        |
| 2.                                                                                                             | National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)                                                                             | Panipat                                                                                                        | 30000                                                                                                          | 190,000                                                                                                        |
| 3.                                                                                                             | National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)                                                                             | Bathinda                                                                                                       | 30000                                                                                                          | 190,000                                                                                                        |
| 4.                                                                                                             | National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)                                                                             | Nangal                                                                                                         | 30000                                                                                                          | 190,000                                                                                                        |
| 5.                                                                                                             | Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF)                                                              | Thal                                                                                                           | 90000                                                                                                          | 157,000                                                                                                        |
| 6.                                                                                                             | Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF)                                                              | Trombay                                                                                                        | 67,000                                                                                                         | 157,000                                                                                                        |
| 7.                                                                                                             | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL)                                                      | Namrup-II                                                                                                      | 30,000                                                                                                         | 65,000                                                                                                         |
| 8.                                                                                                             | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL)                                                      | Namrup-III                                                                                                     | 35,000                                                                                                         | 65,000                                                                                                         |
| 9.                                                                                                             | Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL)                                                                               | Chennai                                                                                                        | 62,000                                                                                                         | 62,000                                                                                                         |
| 10.                                                                                                            | Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT)                                                            | Udyogmandal                                                                                                    | 10,000                                                                                                         | 35,000                                                                                                         |
| 11.                                                                                                            | Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT)                                                            | Cochin                                                                                                         | 25,000                                                                                                         | 35,000                                                                                                         |

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