Lok Sabha Question No. 4658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Closed Fertilizer Units
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Malvinder Singh Kang

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4658 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 28.03.2025

## Closed Fertilizer Units

## 4658.  SHRI MALVINDER SINGH KANG:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  present  status  of  plants  and  machineries,  utilities  and services, land and buildings and other assets of the closed fertilizer units, State-wise and district-wise particularly in Punjab;
- (b) whether any valuation of the above assets was done before the closure, by a competent agency;
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating the unit-wise asset value; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS &FERTILIZERS

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a): Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation  Limited  (HFCL)  have  been  closed  in  September, 2002.  Government  of  India  mandated  the  revival  of  Ramagundam  (Telangana), Gorakhpur  (Uttar  Pradesh),  Sindri  (Jharkhand)  and  Talcher  (Odisha)  units  of Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL) and Barauni (Bihar) unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation  Limited  (HFCL)  through  Joint  Venture  Company  (JVC)  of  nominated PSUs for  setting  up  new  ammonia-urea  plants  of  12.7  LMT  per  annum  capacity each.  Ramagundam,  Gorakhpur,  Barauni  and  Sindri  units  have  started  urea production  on  22.03.2021,  07.12.2021,  18.10.2022  and  05.11.2022  respectively. These four  plants  have  added  50.8  LMT  per  annum  of  domestic  urea  production capacity in the country. There is no such closed fertilizer unit under Department of Fertilizers in the State of Punjab.
- (b)  &  (c):    The  Projects  &  Development  India  Limited  (PDIL),  a  Public  Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of the Department of Fertilizers carried out the valuation of the assets of the closed units of HFCL and FCIL, the details of which are as under:

(Rupees in crore)

|                      | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)   | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)   | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Particulars/ Units   | Durgapur                                          | Barauni                                           | Haldia                                            | Sindri                                           | Gorakh- pur                                      | Ramagu ndam                                      | Talcher                                          | Korba                                            |
| 1. Land & Buildings  | 21.86                                             | 3104.26                                           | 36.01                                             | 7742.89                                          | 3023.38                                          | 278.23                                           | 143.20                                           | 457.27                                           |
| 2. Trees Plantations | 3.91                                              | 8.03                                              | 2.12                                              | 18.61                                            | 24.69                                            | 5.64                                             | 3.16                                             | 25.62                                            |
| 3. Usable items      | 0.03                                              | 0.11                                              | 0.11                                              | 54.41                                            | 16.18                                            | 32.86                                            | 42.24                                            | 11.42                                            |
| 4.Unusable items     | 28.24                                             | 40.48                                             | 43.15                                             | 179.73                                           | 58.88                                            | 94.63                                            | 90.23                                            | 12.16                                            |
| Total                | 54.04                                             | 3152.88                                           | 81.39                                             | 7995.64                                          | 3123.13                                          | 411.36                                           | 278.83                                           | 506.47                                           |

(d):  In view of (b) & (c) above, question does not arise.

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